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Flora

1559

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The story

Flora holds red and white carnations, emblems of love and good fortune, in front of a view of Antwerp's port on the Scheldt, and the picture is usually read as an allegory of the city's peace and prosperity. The landscape may be by Massys's brother Cornelis.

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Object details

Title: Flora
Artist: Jan Massys
Date: 1559
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on panel
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Hamburger Kunsthalle
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1214
Original image: 2140 × 2167 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Jan Massys. Flora. 1559. Hamburger Kunsthalle. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1214/