Winter 1550

"Winter" is a fresco by the Mannerist painter Francesco Salviati, also known as "Cecchino", and was completed in 1550. The image depicts a bearded man with a fur hat sitting in a rocky landscape. He is nude except for a red cloth draped around his legs, which he holds with one hand, while the other hand points toward the fire behind him. This fresco was likely part of a series of works dedicated to the four seasons and exemplifies Salviati's mastery of both realism and symbolic representation. The artist's dramatic use of light and shadow and the exaggerated poses of his figures are hallmarks of the Mannerist style.