Friday, 1 October 2010

Jan Matsys (c. 1510 – 1575)

"Flore"

2 comments:

Elisabethbaysset said...

Une grande modernité se dégage de cette toile ouverte
sur le monde

Ludo said...

Thank you - Matsys (or Matsijs) is since long one of my favorites! What a masterly celebration of feminine beauty! It is fascinating to compare his 'Flora' with 'Judith with head of Holofernes' and 'Venus of Cythera'. I think it is the same model in the three paintings, but what a difference in mood and emotion... I like to think that 'Flora' is maybe a personification of the then emerging science of botany.