Flora (nach Tizian)
August Wolf (1842-1915)

Flora (nach Tizian),

1879
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
80,5 x 64,8 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
11688
Acquisition
1879 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
August Wolf, Flora (nach Tizian), 1879, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/M0xy6paLpl (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
It has not been established whether Titian’s painting depicts Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, or a Venetian courtesan. The picture’s sensuous, erotic aura made it very popular, and in the nineteenth century it was one of the most frequently copied works in the Uffizi.