March from the Twelve Months Panels
Artist
Karl Theodore Francis Bitter
(Austrian/American, 1867-1915)
Date1892-93
MediumMarble
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN11657.3
Three birds herald the return of Spring, just as the children playing and embracing suggest the renewed vitality of the season. In the German tradition, the month was also associated with flooding (suggested by the storm grate) as well as fishing (boy at far left with fishing net and brandishing a lobster).
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On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 21
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