The Empire of Flora
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
Title
The Empire of Flora
Dimensions
Height: 42.7 cm
Width: 53.5 cm
Width: 53.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.83
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left: “N. Poussin Pinx.”; lower right: “Gravé par Girard Audran avec pri. Aux 2. piliers dor”; lower center: “L’Empire De Flore”; lower center: “Ou les Metamporphoses des personnes Changées en fleurs. Aiax Changé en Hyacinte marqué des deux premiers lettres de son nom. Clytie en Girasol/ qui suit le Soleil. Adonis en passe-fleur. Narcisse en une fleur de son nom. Hyacinte en Hyactine/ Sinitax et Crocus en petites fleurs.”; lower right, handwritten on the mount: “A.391/ 746/16(11a)//”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center: “746/16(11A)”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center: “746/16(11A)”.
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