03 — ARTWORK
Flora
- MEDIUM
- Oil on panel, 65 x 55 cm
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 900 × 1076 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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This fascinating, albeit damaged, painting of the goddess of flowers and gardens is an important document of Leonardesque painting in Rome. Although the attribution to Melzi is still open to debate, the imagery here is in line with Melzi's two most notable works, the Flora (St Petersburg) and the Vertumnus and Pomona (Berlin). Of particular note is the intense botanical interest shown in these paintings - each flower readily identifiable and closely observed - which springs directly from association with Leonardo, as does the goddess's half smile.
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@online{wga-r9b0a3874a287d5,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Flora by MELZI, Francesco},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/melzi-francesco-r5ea8e25a73e1ea/flora-r9b0a3874a287d5},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
