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Description

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem
the triumph of ceres (an allegory of summer)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 November 1972, lot 98, where bought by the present owner for £ 350.

Catalogue Note

This composition is known through an autograph series by Berchem depicting the four seasons, all illustrated in cartouches, surrounded by mythological figures, now all dispersed in different collections (see HdG nos. 67-70). The signed Allegory of Summer, datable to circa 1678, is in the Galerie Willem V, The Hague, on loan from the Instituut Collectie Nederland (inv. no. NK 2732).