The Pleasures of the Seasons: Spring, c. 1730, Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian, 1704 - 1760, 15 x 21 1/2 in. ( x cm) (panel)19 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. ( x cm) (outer frame), Oil on copper, Austria, 18th century, These people enjoying the pleasures of spring—playing music, dancing, and canoodling—are the 18th-century equivalent of a bunch of college kids on spring break. Above the festive musicians and the dancing couple at the center, sculpted putti cavort on a large urn. At the left, lovemaking is more urgent, as a young couple embrace below a sculpture of Venus crowned by Cupid

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