Winter (after Quellinus)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675 - 1699
Materials
Oil paint and wood
Measurements
1600 x 8750 mm (E)
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Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553524
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on panel, full length portrait of Winter, depicted as an elderly man (after Quellinus), English School, c1674. He stands leaning on a club wearing a bearskin and a wreath of root vegetables (carrot, turnip, onion) on his head, a symbol of infertility. After an engraving by Hubertus Quellinus (Antwerp 1619 - Antwerp 1687), published in 1665-1668, after sculptural figures by his brother, Artus II Quellinus (Antwerp 1609 - Antwerp 1688) in the Vierschaar (High Court) in Amsterdam Town Hall.
Provenance
In situ in Gilt Room since 1675; part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Credit line
Tredegar House, The Morgan Collection (on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museums and Galleries)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist Artus Quellinus I (Antwerp 1609 - Antwerp 1688), sculptor Hubertus Quellinus (Antwerp 1619 - Antwerp 1687), engraver (printmaker)