Summer
1555 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This painting is one of four allegorical works representing the seasons, painted in oil on canvas. It depicts a reclining female figure amidst lush vegetation, including grapevines and stalks of wheat, symbolizing the abundance of summer.
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This work is part of a celebrated cycle representing the four seasons, originally commissioned for the villa of the Venetian aristocrat Andrea Odoni. The painting's sensual and elongated aesthetic is a hallmark of the Mannerist style, which favored emotional intensity and complex composition over the balanced harmony of the High Renaissance. Tintoretto's inclusion of a parrot and other birds adds a layer of naturalistic detail that complements the symbolic nature of the allegorical figure.
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Summer
Jacopo Tintoretto, 1555
