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Florinda (Winterhalter)

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Флоринда
English: Florinda
See adjacent text.
ArtistFranz Xaver Winterhalter
Year1853
TypeOil on canvas
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Florinda (Russian: Флоринда) is is an oil on canvas painting by a German painter and lithographer Franz Xaver Winterhalter. It was completed in 1853 and is based on Neoclassicism style by use of literary painting genre. The dimensions of the painting is 178.4 by 245.7 centimeters and is housed at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.[1]

Description

This painting depicts an episode from the legend of Roderick. After spying on his maids to determine the fairest among them, he chose Florinda. This painting is a replica of a version of the same size given by Queen Victoria to Prince Albert in 1852.[2]

  • Florinda (Information in German, French, Italian, Chinese, French and English)

References

  1. ^ The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1809-1836 By William Cullen Bryant, ISBN 0-8232-0997-0
  2. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art, HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY
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