The Triumph of Flora (Poussin)

Painting by Nicolas Poussin

Not to be confused with The Empire of Flora.

The Triumph of Flora, 1.65 x 2.41 m

The Triumph of Flora (French: Le Triomphe de Flore) is an oil painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated to about 1627 or 1628, which is now in the Louvre in Paris.[1]

The nymph Chloris, honoured by the Greeks; and afterwards by the Romans as Flora, the goddess of flowers and gardens, was a natural subject for Poussin, who was a great admirer of the ancient religious rites.[2]

## Description

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The picture exhibits the goddess seated in a splendid car drawn by two winged boys, accompanied by a numerous train of nymphs, youths, and cupids, most of whom have flowers either in baskets or in their hands; her attention is directed to Mars, who stands at the side of her car, acknowledging her sovereignty as she passes. Among her attendants may be noticed a youth performing antics: in advance of him two nymphs dancing, and scattering flowers which others are gathering; and above are two cupids, one of whom is placing a chaplet on her head. Close to the front are a fine formed man naked and recumbent on some drapery, and a female reclining on his lap.[2]

Smith (1837) lamented its poor state of preservation. "Of this once excellent picture, little of its original beauty remains; the brown ground on which it was painted having destroyed all the delicate tints, and made others so obscure as to be nearly black."[2]

Engraved by Audran, Niquet and Fessard.[2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Le Triomphe de Flore (INV 7298 ; MR 2346)". Louvre.
2. ^ a b c d Smith 1837, p. 126 (no. 243).
3. ^ "Print (1856,0308.669)". British Museum.
4. ^ "Le Triomphe de Flore (1266 C/ Recto)". Louvre.

## Bibliography

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* Smith, John (1837). A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters: Nicholas Poussin, Claude Lorraine, and Jean Baptist Greuze. Vol. 8\. London: Smith and Son. pp. 126 (no. 243), 135 (no. 269). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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* The Death of Chione (1622)
* The Battle between the Israelites and the Amorites (c. 1625)
* Joshua's Battle against the Amalekites (c. 1625)
* Venus and Adonis (1626)
* The Capture of Jerusalem by Titus (1626; 1635)
* The Death of Germanicus (1627)
* Venus Weeping for Adonis (c. 1626-1627)
* Saint Cecilia (1627–1628)
* Echo and Narcissus (1627–1628)
* The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus (1628–1629)
* The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (1628–1629)
* Plague of Ashdod (1628–1630)
* Cephalus and Aurora (c. 1629–1630)
* The Inspiration of the Poet (1629–1630)
* Sleeping Venus with Cupid (1628–1630)
* Saint James the Great's Vision of the Virgin Mary (c. 1629–1630)
* The Massacre of the Innocents (1625–1632)
* Parnassus (c. 1631–1633)
* A Bacchanalian Revel Before a Term (1632–1633)
* The Adoration of the Golden Calf (1633–1634)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (1633–1634)
* The Crossing of the Red Sea (1633–1634)
* The Rape of the Sabine Women (1634–1635, 1637–1638)
* A Dance to the Music of Time (1634–1636)
* Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite (c. 1636)
* Camillus Handing the Falerian Schoolmaster over to his Pupils (1637)
* Et in Arcadia ego (1637–38)
* Theseus Rediscovering His Father's Sword (1638)
* The Manna (1638–1639)
* Extreme Unction (1638–1640)
* The Continence of Scipio (1640)
* Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (1640)
* The Funeral of Phocion (1648)
* Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion (1648)
* Eliezer and Rebecca (1648–1649)
* The Judgement of Solomon (1649)
* Landscape with Polyphemus (1649)
* Self-Portrait (1649)
* Landscape with Three Figures (1645–1650)
* Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (1650–1653)
* The Flight into Egypt (1657–1658)
* Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun (1658)
* Landscape with Two Nymphs (1659)
* Landscape with Hercules and Cacus (c. 1660)
* Eliezer and Rebecca (1660-1665)
* Apollo and Daphne (1661–1664)

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* Seven Sacraments (first series 1637–1640; second series 1644–1648)
* The Four Seasons (1660–1664)

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