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1654 Bologna - 1719. Known for: Painting and sculpture; religous themes; fresco; altarpiece.
GIOVAN GIOSEFFO DAL SOLE (1654-1719), POMONA: ALLEGORY OF SUMMER, OIL ON CANVAS, OVALIn his 1739 book, Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765), the first biographer of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (1654-1719),... Read full biography
GIOVAN GIOSEFFO DAL SOLE (1654-1719), POMONA: ALLEGORY OF SUMMER, OIL ON CANVAS, OVALIn his 1739 book, Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765), the first biographer of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (1654-1719), recounts that the Bolognese artist painted two oval canvases for Cardinal Aldrovandi, one depicting... Read full biography
GIOVAN GIOSEFFO DAL SOLE (1654-1719), POMONA: ALLEGORY OF SUMMER, OIL ON CANVAS, OVALIn his 1739 book, Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765), the first biographer of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (1654-1719), recounts that the Bolognese artist painted two oval canvases for Cardinal Aldrovandi, one depicting Zephyr, god of the winds, and the other Pomona (G. Zanotti, 1739, op. cit., p. 302). Following this commission, he painted a series of four pictures symbolizing the four seasons, for which spring and... Read full biography
GIOVAN GIOSEFFO DAL SOLE (1654-1719), POMONA: ALLEGORY OF SUMMER, OIL ON CANVAS, OVALIn his 1739 book, Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765), the first biographer of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (1654-1719), recounts that the Bolognese artist painted two oval canvases for Cardinal Aldrovandi, one depicting Zephyr, god of the winds, and the other Pomona (G. Zanotti, 1739, op. cit., p. 302). Following this commission, he painted a series of four pictures symbolizing the four seasons, for which spring and summer were based, with some minor modifications, on the cardinal's Zephyr and Pomona. To these two figures were added Ceres, goddess of agriculture and harvest (representing autumn), and Vulcan, smith of Olympus (symbolising winter).Lost to view for... Read full biography
GIOVAN GIOSEFFO DAL SOLE (1654-1719), POMONA: ALLEGORY OF SUMMER, OIL ON CANVAS, OVALIn his 1739 book, Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765), the first biographer of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (1654-1719), recounts that the Bolognese artist painted two oval canvases for Cardinal Aldrovandi, one depicting Zephyr, god of the winds, and the other Pomona (G. Zanotti, 1739, op. cit., p. 302). Following this commission, he painted a series of four pictures symbolizing the four seasons, for which spring and summer were based, with some minor modifications, on the cardinal's Zephyr and Pomona. To these two figures were added Ceres, goddess of agriculture and harvest (representing autumn), and Vulcan, smith of Olympus (symbolising winter).Lost to view for two hundred and fifty years, the present painting came... Read full biography
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