Flora / Richard James Wyatt
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1931.17
- Title
- Flora
- Artist
- Richard James Wyatt
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795 - 1850
- Medium and Support
- marble
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Lazio (region)
- Roma (province)
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lazio (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Roma (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Albert M. Todd
- Style/Group/Movement
- Neo-classical
- Inscription
- Inscribed right side of base:
- R.J. Wyatt
- Fecit./ROME, 1850.
- Dimensions
- 151.13 cm x 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm (59 1/2 in. x 22 in. x 22 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- statue
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- nude
- Physical Description
- White marble sculpture of female figure, partially nude with a cloth draped loosely around her waist and over her left forearm. She holds a cluster of flowers in her left hand, and a single bloom in her right; a basket of flowers located on base to left and slightly behind figure.
- Subject Matter
- Flora, the goddess of flowers from Roman mythology, reflects the popularity of Neo-classical taste during the mid-19th century.
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- flowers
- flowers (plants)
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nudes
- sculpture
- standing
- statues
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures
- figures (representations)
- genres
- genres in the arts
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- plants
- sculpture by subject type
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- symbolism
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 545 x 1387
- File Size
- 34 KB
- Record
- 1931.17
- Link to this Item
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"Flora; Richard James Wyatt." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1931.17/1931.17.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.
