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Circle of Angelo Caroselli — The Four Seasons
Circle of Angelo Caroselli

The Four Seasons

This set of four oil paintings on copper by the Circle of Angelo Caroselli exemplifies the Baroque period's fascination with allegorical representations of seasonal cycles. The small-scale copper supports with shaped tops suggest these were likely precious cabinet paintings created for a cultivated collector, a common format for Northern European and Italian art of the 17th century. Each work in the series would have personified the characteristics of its respective season through carefully selected symbolic attributes and landscape elements.

Medium
oil on copper, shaped tops, a set of four

🔨 Auction Lot

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | Master Paintings & Sculpture

February 7, 2025

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

Lot 1003

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Circle of Angelo Caroselli, The Four Seasons

This set of four oil paintings on copper by the Circle of Angelo Caroselli exemplifies the Baroque period's fascination with allegorical representations of seasonal cycles. The small-scale copper supports with shaped tops suggest these were likely precious cabinet paintings created for a cultivated collector, a common format for Northern European and Italian art of the 17th century. Each work in the series would have personified the characteristics of its respective season through carefully selected symbolic attributes and landscape elements.

Medium
oil on copper, shaped tops, a set of four
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Circular Composition, Naturalistic representation, Baroque, Italian Artist, Dramatic Lighting, Mythological Figures, Chiaroscuro, Allegorical seasons, 17th Century, Oil on Canvas