# Summer

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/summer-r635dfd799eb8a8>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [CACCINI, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

Caccini&#39;s garden sculptures Summer and Autumn \(1592-93\), commissioned by Alessandro Acciaioli, were later purchased by Ferdinando I to ornament the Ponte Santa Trinita \(in situ\) in 1608 for the wedding festivities of Prince Cosimo. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 10 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv315\_summer.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor RV 315 op. 8. No. 2 \(Summer\)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Autumn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/autumn-r375ec16f296f95>)
- [Autumn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/autumn-r715c55d59aa415>)
- [Bronze doors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/bronze-doors-r2fd924ccf348a6>)
- [Bronze doors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/bronze-doors-r552a69fbb77412>)
- [Bronze doors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/bronze-doors-r8461b5f769b810>)
- [Christ as Saviour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/christ-as-saviour-r6312c49c1e0d1b>)
- [Summer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/summer-ra8dee266122cc1>)
- [Tabernacle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/tabernacle-rf3d4d94a4eb349>)
- [Temperance \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/temperance-detail-rf71457211689cb>)
- [Temperance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/temperance-rc8d190f009bc85>)
- [Trinity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/trinity-r9b50182069e450>)
- [View of the interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caccini-giovanni-battista-r43db67b056d3e0/view-of-the-interior-r350d83213fb232>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)