Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

ca. 1800-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The figure is copied from an antique statue known as the Farnese Flora, formerly in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cream-coloured earthenware
Brief description
Figure depicting Flora, probably made in Naples, about 1800-1820, cream-coloured earthenware.
Physical description
Figure depicting Flora in cream-coloured earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Base width: 6.4cm
Gallery label
Figure depicting Flora Probably made in Naples, Italy about 1800-20 Cream-coloured earthenware C.128-1917 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O. After a statue previously in the Farnese Palace, Rome, now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Lt. Col. Kenneth Dingwall, DSO
Production
After a statue previously in the Farnese Palace, Rome, now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples.
Subject depicted
Summary
The figure is copied from an antique statue known as the Farnese Flora, formerly in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples.
Bibliographic reference
Arts Coucil of Great Britain. The Age of Neoclassicism London, 1972, Cat. 1457
Collection
Accession number
C.128-1917

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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