The Four Seasons (Sozzi) Explained

The Four Seasons
Artist:Francesco Sozzi
Year:1760
Type:Fresco cycle
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Palermo
Museum:Palazzo Isnello

The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni it) is a cycle of four frescoes by Francesco Sozzi in the Palazzo Isnello, Palermo, Italy.

Description and history

The cycle, completed in 1760, was painted on the Four Seasons Hall vault of the Counts of Isnello palazzo's. It is a graceful example of Palermitan Rococo, that is, late-Sicilian Baroque, fresco cycles.[1] The four paintings are framed in butterfly wing shape, decorative solution adopted at Palazzo Isnello.[2] Among the gilded stucco decoration of the vault there is the artist signature, dated 1760 in golden characters.

In the four allegorical paintings each of the seasons is represented by the image of a deity: Venus represents spring, Ceres, summer; Bacchus, autumn; and finally Aeolus represents winter.

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Notes and References

  1. Citti Siracusano, La pittura del Settecento in Sicilia, p. 81.
  2. Giulia Sommariva. Palazzi nobiliari a Palermo, p. 254.
  3. http://www.zikg.eu/cgi-bin/gucha_de.pl?t_idn=b337757r Il Settecento e il suo doppio. Table of contents