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Description: | The child with a bunch of grapes is a playful representation of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. A leopard cub is included in the scene as Bacchus's triumphal vehicle was traditionally pulled by leopards. This group represents the Autumn harvest. The children warming themselves near a leafless tree are a representation of Winter. This painting was intended to be displayed in a formal room setting, perhaps above a door. Jakob de Wit was a Dutch artist, whose paintings of plump children were influenced by the work of the artist Peter Paul Rubens. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | animals children people natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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