COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1980.263
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Gérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1824 - 1904
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Creator Name:
Picou, Henry
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1824 - 1895
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Henry Picou
Creator Name:
Boulanger, Gustave Rodolphe
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1824 - 1888
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Gustave Rodolphe Boulanger
Creator Name:
Hamon, Jean-Louis
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1821 - 1874
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean-Louis Hamon
Title:
The Four Seasons
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1850
Creation Start Date:
1850
Creation End Date:
1850
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 56.3cm x 46.5cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1980.263
Credit Line:
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Inscriptions:
Spring (upper left, on paper), by Picou, signed left: "H. P."; Summer (upper right), by Gérôme, inscribed below: "A Leur ami Got---Picou, Gérôme, Boulanger, Hamon"; "Autumn (lower left), by Boulanger, signed lower left: "G R Boulanger"; Winter (lower right), by Hamon, signed lower left: "Hamon". Inscribed on stretcher: "30 Mai 1850"
Context:
Four artists collaborated on this canvas, each contributing a small representation of one of the seasons. The painting celebrates the election of the actor Edmont Got (1822-1901) to membership in the Comédie Française, the state theater of France. At the time, the four painters were living together in an artist's commune in Paris.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1980.263.tif
