Allegorical Figure of Spring
Artist
Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto)
(Italian, 1519-1594)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1546-1548
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions41 1/2 x 76 3/4 in. (105.4 x 194.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 50 1/2 x 85 x 5 1/4 in. (128.3 x 215.9 x 13.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 50 1/2 x 85 x 5 1/4 in. (128.3 x 215.9 x 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1301
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
Label TextJacopo Robusti (Tintoretto) Italian, 1519-1594 Allegorical Figure of Spring, ca. 1546-48 Oil on canvas Clutching a handful of flowers and holding a leafy branch, this woman is an allegory, or symbol of the season of spring. Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto) produced Allegorical Figure of Spring as part of a series of four paintings of the seasons for the Palazzo Barbo in Venice. This painting was recently cleaned and restored for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., which owns the Allegorical Figure of Summer from the same series. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1301ProvenancePainted ca. 1555 for the Palazzo Barbo, San Pantaleone, Venice (original location); Private collection, Southern France, 1957; Newhouse Galleries, 1958; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Seattle Art Museum; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis Art Institute; St. Louis City Art Museum; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City; Detroit Institute of Arts; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 2, 1956 - April 14, 1957. (Exhib. cat. no. 66). "1550-1650: A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Fort Worth Art Center, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, and University of Texas, Austin, Sept. 7, 1962 - March 31, 1963. (Exhib. cat. no. 28). "Rockford College Festival of Arts," Rockford, Illnois, 1963. (Exhib. cat. no. 7). "Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century," Finch College Museum of Art, Oct. 30 - Dec. 15, 1963. (Exhib. cat. no. 24). "Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Dec. 2, 1967 - May 15, 1968. (Exhib. cat. no. 11). "Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," Nashville, Tennessee, June 12 - Sept. 5, 1977. (Exhib. cat. no. 1). "Tintoretto and 'The Dreams of Men'," The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, Nov. 20 - Dec. 31, 1994. “Tintoretto – 500th Anniversary,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 24, 2019 – July 7, 2019 (2nd venue only). Published ReferencesBertina S. Manning. _Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition_. Provincetown, Massachusetts: Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown. 07/1958: No. 66. Exhibition catalogue. _1550-1650, A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center. 1962: pp. 30, 45. Bertina Suida Manning. "Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto in the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," _Arte Veneta_. XVI. 1962: pp. 49-59. Robert L. Manning. _Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Norfolk: Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science. 1967: no. 11. Eric Zafran. "From the Renaissance to the Grand Tour," _Apollo_. Volume 107, no. 194. 04/1978:pp. 4-15, ill. F. Gandolfo. _Il 'Dolce Tempo' -- Mistica, Ermetismo e Sogno nel Cinquecento_. Rome. 1978:pp. 237-238. F.R. Shapley. _Catalogue of the Italian Paintings_. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 1979:pp. 470-471. Rodolfo Pallucchini and Paola Rossi. _Tintoretto: Le Opere Sacre e Profane_. Milan, 1982, I, p. 176, no. 209, II, p. 426. Jefferson C. Harrison. "Italian Art - Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1987: p. 5, no. 10. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 13, #12. Miguel Falomir, _Tintoretto_, exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain, 2007, pp. 204 & 206. (January 30 - May 13, 2007) Robert Echols and Frederick Ilchman, editors. _Tintoretto: Artists of Renaissance Venice_. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2018: fig. 78, p. 98.
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