Spring
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Details
- Artist
- Cephas Giovanni Thompson
- Date
- 1838
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 x 28 3/4 in. (91.4 x 73 cm)
- Origin
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Madeleine Thompson Edmonds, 1971
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 99%
The catalog lists Women among the subjects, and the image clearly presents a single seated woman as its central figure.
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Flora Both · 99%
Flowers are listed as a catalog subject, and flowers appear in the garland, skirt pattern, and surrounding garden vegetation.
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The Seasons Both · 96%
The title is Spring, and the image reinforces the seasonal association through flowers, greenery, and an outdoor garden setting.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 96%
The lower portion of the dress contains a repeated botanical pattern of leaves, stems, and small colorful flowers.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1838, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 99%
The museum metadata identifies the place of origin as American.
Source & rights
Cephas Giovanni Thompson. Spring. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 1,666 × 2,072 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available