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Copy after La Primavera, Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi, Florence

Chromolithograph
1888
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Place of origin

Print showing six female figures and two male, along with a putto above the figure in the middle. The males are at the edges of the composition. The one on the right, Zephyrus, chases the woman next to him, Flora. She turns into the woman handling flowers, the Spring. Venus, in the middle wears a white and red dress. On the left the Three Graces dance. The man on the left in red robe, Mercury, rases his hand. The scene is set in a garden with trees and flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCopy after La Primavera, Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi, Florence (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph
Brief description
Chromolithograph, copy after La Primavera, Sandro Botticelli in the Uffizi (Florence), Wilhelm Greve from a watercolour by Emilio Costantini, Arundel Society Chromolithograph, 1888
Physical description
Print showing six female figures and two male, along with a putto above the figure in the middle. The males are at the edges of the composition. The one on the right, Zephyrus, chases the woman next to him, Flora. She turns into the woman handling flowers, the Spring. Venus, in the middle wears a white and red dress. On the left the Three Graces dance. The man on the left in red robe, Mercury, rases his hand. The scene is set in a garden with trees and flowers.
Object history
In the Museum collection from 1888.
Chromolithograph after the watercolour (E.34-1995), copy made for the Arundel Society by Wilhelm Greve. Published in 1888.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.294
Collection
Accession number
E.553-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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