VIGNON, Claude
(b. 1593, Tours, d. 1670, Paris)

Flora

1630s
Oil on canvas, 89 x 77 cm
Residenzgalerie, Salzburg

Flora is the personification of spring and the synonym of youth, joy of living, abundance, wealth and fertility. Claude Vignon presented the ancient Roman goddess as a decorative showpiece with an air of elegant sensuousness.

Originally the painting had an oval setting, with Flora not at the centre but placed a little to the left, which corresponded better to the dynamic conception of Baroque art.




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