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The Empire of Flora (L'Empire de Flore)

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(printmaker)
1690-1762

Title

The Empire of Flora (L'Empire de Flore)

Date of Production

1716 - 1762

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 38.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6591

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. not described

Inscriptions

Inscription: L'Empire / de Flore. //

Inscription: N. Poussin pinx. Ces dons si precieux, si chers à tant de Coeurs, / La fragile Beauté, la Bravoure inhumaine; / Sans la vertu, ne sont quw d'inutiles Fleurs, / Qu'à leur naissance, un vent abbat, desséche, entraine: //

Inscription: Tels, la Fable, en ces Traits, nous à representé, / Cous ceux de qui les Jours ont terni la Memoire; / Pendant qu'elle à scu rendre à l'Immortalité, / Tout mortel Amoureux d'une solide Gloire; / J. Moyreau sculp. / Pont St. Michel au / Chat d'Espagne. / I Verdue. //

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