Page: Flora
Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Completion Date: 1588
Style: Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Genre: allegorical painting
Technique: oil
Material: wood
Dimensions: 73 x 56 cm
Gallery: Private collection, Parise, France
Tags: allegories-and-symbols, flowers-and-plants
Flora is one of Arcimboldo’s most famous paintings, painted at the same time as Vertumnus, when he was at the height of his career. Although his work was forgotten after his death, over the last 100 years it has grown in popularity to be included in many contemporary forms. This particular painting was used as the 2009 cover for the album “Bonfires on the Heath” by the English pop band The Clientele.