1641
oil
panel
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
Dominant colour
Summer (Ceres) is a 1641 oil by Michelangelo Cerquozzi, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting depicts a woman in a white dress and blue shawl, sitting on the ground with her legs crossed. She holds a sickle in her right hand and wheat in her left. Above her, another woman in a purple dress is visible from the waist up, touching the first woman's hair with a crown of wheat. The scene is set outdoors, with a tree trunk behind the seated woman and a field with people working in the background. The sky is blue with clouds. This painting, titled "Summer (Ceres)", is held at the Ashmolean Museum.
Michelangelo Cerquozzi, known as Michelangelo delle Battaglie (18 February 1602 – 6 April 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter known for his genre scenes, battle pictures, small religious and mythological works and still lifes.
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