# Allegory of Winter [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [AMMANATI, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Stone ## Commentary Between 1563 and 1565 Ammanati modelled and cast a half-length giant in bronze to represent the mountain range of the Apennines. It is the centrepiece of the fishpond on the highest terrace of the gardens of Il Castello: the naked giant, seeming to shiver with cold, appears to rise out of an islet in the centre of the sheet of water. The top of his head is pierced to emit water, which drips down over his shoulders and in winter forms icicles. This allegorical stone statue in the garden designed by Niccolò Tribolo is one of the famous works by Ammanati. <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 \(streaming mp3, 11 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv297\_winter.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor RV 297 op. 8 No. 4 \(Winter\)</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Winter]() - [Architectural and anatomical sketches]() - [Detail of the façade]() - [Detail of the façade]() - [Falcon]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande \(detail\)]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande \(detail\)]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande]() - [Fountain of Juno \(lower figures\)]() - [Fountain of Juno \(upper figures\)]() - [Fountain of Neptune]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()