Springtime (Pierre Auguste Cot)

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PIERRE-AUGUSTE COT - Primavera (Museo Metropolitano de Nueva York, 1873. Oleo sobre lienzo, 213.4 x 127 cm).jpg
Artist Pierre Auguste Cot
Year1873
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions213.4 cm× 127 cm(84.0 in× 50 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Springtime is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Cot, from 1873. It is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

Description

Springtime was painted by Cot in 1873. The painting was first exhibited at the 1873 Paris salon, where it was well received; the work would go on to become Cot's most successful work of art, and was often copied in other mediums. [1] In terms of the painting itself, Cot's work depicts a young couple locked in an embrace on a swing amid a forest or garden. The two are wearing classical garb, and are seemingly enthralled by each other, described by one source as "drunken with first love". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Springtime" . Retrieved 2018-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)