# Winter [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIRARDON, François]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary This statue was executed after a drawing by Le Brun, inspired by the Iconologia by Cesare Ripa. Girardon transformed the conventional allegory into a dramatic and even tragic evocation of a man in the grip of the forces of death. Originally the statue stood in the garden of the château where now it is replaced by a copy. Since 2009, the restored original is sheltered from erosion in the Galerie Basse \(Lower Gallery\) of the château. ## Related artworks - [Allegorical Figure]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs]() - [Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV]() - [Model for an Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV]() - [Monument of Richelieu \(detail\)]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()