Object number
CS22
Title
Statuette of Flora (model for a marble sculpture made for Stourhead after the ancient Roman ‘Farnese Flora’)
Object
Creator
Description
General Description: Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers, youth, and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind who gave her a garden filled with flowers. A temple devoted to her was located near the Circus Maximus in Rome. (, )
Curator's Comment: Possibly made by Rysbrack as model for larger commission for Pantheon, Stourhead after ancient Roman Farnese Flora (prev. Naples). Perhaps Cottonian Flora is an additional model. More research needed. (Walkup, Terah, 2017)
Production date
, 1759
- 1759
Material
Dimensions
- whole height 550 mm
- whole width 430 mm
- whole depth 440 mm
Associations
Named Collection: Cottonian Collection
