# The Seasons: Spring and Summer [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOUJON, Jean]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Stone ## Commentary Jean Goujon and his workshop decorated the court façade of the Hôtel Carnavalet with four remarkable bas-relief between the five windows of the main floor. They represent the Seasons: from the left Spring \(a young man\), Summer \(Ceres, goddess of the harvest\), Autumn \(Bacchus, god of wine and grape gathering\) and Winter \(an old woman\). The sinuous, complex drapery folds are characteristic of Goujon style. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 9 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_spring\_1-2.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Joseph Haydn: The Seasons, Part 1 Spring, Introduction, aria and chorus</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Caryatides]() - [Caryatides]() - [Diana and the Stag]() - [Exterior view]() - [Façade of the Cour Carrée \(wing Lescot\)]() - [Façade of the Cour Carrée \(wing Lescot\)]() - [Façade of the Louvre \(detail\)]() - [Fontaine des Innocents]() - [Fontaine des Innocents]() - [Fontaine des Innocents]() - [Fontaine des Innocents]() - [Fontaine des Innocents: relief]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()