Autumn - The Four Seasons - Item #36

 

30 Inches Diameter

Also known as Manhood, this piece is part of the Four Seasons 30 inch diameter set. Eugène Plon described the scene as follows: "A man is returning from the chase, accompanied by his dog and carrying his game upon his shoulder. He has a bunch of grapes in his hand and pauses before his wife, who is seated and nursing her child."

 

Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen

Museum: Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen

Time Period: Neoclassical, 1836

 

Sources:

"Manhood or Autumn A644." Bertel Thorvaldsen's Art and Collections, https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A644.

Plon, Eugène. Thorvaldsen: His Life and Works. Boston, 1873. Pp. 301. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/thorvaldsenhisl00thorgoog.