Allegory of Winter. Venetian sculptor. Entourage of Orazio and Angelo Marinali. Late 17th century.

Allegory of Winter.
Venetian sculptor.

73 cm high

62 cm large

Entourage by O. and A. Marinali ( Bassano del Grappa, 1654- 1702, Vicenza).

Late 17th century.

Baroque style.
The sculpture represents a mature man with his head covered by a cloak, with a long beard that moves in the wind, alluding to cold and bad weather.

The whole is a typical composition of Venetian sculpture.

It is almost certainly one of the four seasons.

The bust is a white Carrara marble.
The reduced depth of the bust and the abrasion of the marble surface confirm its position inside a niche on the partially protected façade.
The sculpture comes from a villa in the Veneto region.

Sculpture is in good condition. It can be combined with another bust, from the same provenance, of a young man or satyr, published separately.