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The Empire of Flora

Maker

After

1594-1665

(engraver)
1640-1703

Title

The Empire of Flora

Dimensions

Height: 42.7 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)”.

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