File:Jan Massijs - Flora - WGA14259.jpg

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Jan Matsys: Flora

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Alternative names	Jan Massys, Jan Matsijs, Jan Matsys, Jan Massijs, Jan Messijs, Jan Messys, Jan Metsijs, Jan Metsys
Description	Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	circa 1509 date QS:P,+1509-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	before 8 October 1575 date QS:P,+1575-10-08T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1575-10-08T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work period	from 1531 until 1571 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1531-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1571-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Antwerp (1531-1544), France (circa 1544-1558), Italy (circa 1544-1558), Antwerp (1558-1571)
Authority file	: Q431137 VIAF: 59892996 ISNI: 0000000083868139 ULAN: 500011809 LCCN: nr95045285 WGA: m/massys/jan WorldCat

Title

Flora

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Depicted people

Flora

Date

1559

Medium

oil on oak wood

Dimensions

height: 113.2 cm (44.5 in); width: 112.9 cm (44.4 in)

Collection

Hamburger Kunsthalle

	Native name	Hamburger Kunsthalle
	Location	Hamburg, Germany
	Coordinates	53° 33′ 18″ N, 10° 00′ 11″ E
	Established	1869
	Website	www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
	Authority file	: Q169542 VIAF: 140632142 ISNI: 0000000405650096 ULAN: 500243484 LCCN: n50021971 NLA: 36224839 WorldCat

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HK-755 (Hamburger Kunsthalle)

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MASSYS, Jan

(b. ca. 1510, Antwerpen, d. 1575, Antwerpen)

Flora 1559 Oil on wood, 113,2 x 112,9 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Jan Massys, the eldest son of Quentin Massys, painted Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers in 1559. As if bestowing her blessing of fertility, she holds three carnations above a landscape highlighted by the skyline of Antwerp. The red and white blooms allude to the city's colours. The spires of the cathedral and,, by her elbow, the abbey of St Michael are visible. Closer examination reveals that the river Scheldt is filled with ships, ranging from seagoing galleys to smaller vessels capable of navigating the region's canals and rivers. Flora sits in a garden of a suburban villa.

Massys's picture is an allegory of Antwerp's prosperity and peace. Massy showed the city at its economic and artistic peak just before the political and religious troubles of the mid-1560s and 1570s. He alluded too to the city's artistic sophistication. The voluptuous goddess was inspired by the nudes of the Fontainebleau school. Flora's pose, however, mimics the Sleeping Ariadne, a second-century Roman statue in the Vatican.

The panoramic vista may have been executed by Jan's younger brother, Cornelis, who specialized in landscapes, just as Jan favoured figure painting.

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Author: MASSYS, Jan Title: Flora Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Flemish Form: painting

Type: mythological

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