The Pleasures of the Seasons: Summer, c. 1730, Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian, 1704 - 1760, 15 x 21 1/2 in. (38.1 x 54.61 cm) (panel)19 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. (50.17 x 67.31 cm) (outer frame), Oil on copper, Austria, 18th century, Ceres, the ancient Roman goddess of summer, appears as a sculpture in a shell niche. She holds a cornucopia, denoting the abundance of the earth. Beyond the archway, people are at work in the fields and a man cools off by the river¡¦s edge, while aquatic activities of a more erotic nature proceed in the foreground.