The Four Seasons are four oil on canvas paintings (all 131x94 cm) by Giovanni Paolo Castelli, called Lo Spadino, in 1690s and currently in private hands. Castelli was one of the leading still-life painters working in Rome in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. #Spring, composed of seasonal flowers, is set like a statue in an elegant garden setting with courtly figures in the background, while #Summer, composed of fruit and flowers with a wreath of corn in its head, is set in a more rustic landscape. #Autumn is represented by a much more dynamic and bucolic figure who raises a bunch of grapes to his mouth while in the background dancing peasants celebrate the harvesting of the grapes. #Winter is a figure in profile, composed of cabbages, leeks, citrus fruits and other seasonal elements, while in the background, under a stormy sky, some people by a hut are lighting a fire. The works present a very high quality of execution and an extreme attention to details.
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