Flore Farnèse – Sceaux, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jcb94
N 48° 46.457 E 002° 18.202
31U E 448816 N 5402598
[FR] La Flore Farnèse (la plus connue des "Flores") est une statue colossale du musée de Naples. [EN] The "Flore Farnèse" (the most known by the "Flores") is a colossal statue of the museum of Naples.
Waymark Code: WMD1AZ
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/05/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Flore, est une très ancienne divinité de l'Italie centrale, qui présidait à l'épanouissement des fleurs au printemps.
Elle était l'une des douze divinités que l'on apaisait par des sacrifices expiatoires, lors de quelque événement extraordinaire.

La Flore Farnèse d’Antoine André, en marbre blanc, est datée de 1676. Jean-Baptiste Colbert a donné la possibilité à ce sculpteur d’origine picarde de devenir pensionnaire de l’Académie de France à Rome, où il exécute cette copie, à partir du célèbre modèle antique actuellement conservé au Musée archéologique national de Naples.
La statue d’Antoine André, dont les proportions monumentales sont toutefois inférieures à celles de l’original, avait été placée près de l’Orangerie, à proximité de l’Hercule Farnèse.
Après 1793, lorsque le Domaine de Sceaux devint bien national, de nombreuses statues furent dispersées dans plusieurs sites parisiens.
Parmi celles-ci figuraient l’Hercule et la Flore Farnèse, toutes deux installées à partir de 1796 dans le jardin des Tuileries, à Paris.
Les statues de marbre ont rejoint les collections de sculptures du musée de l’Île-de-France dans la galerie de l'Orangerie.
Des moulages de très grande qualité ont été installés à proximité de l’édifice, à l’emplacement originel des marbres.
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Flora, is the very ancient divinity of central Italy, which presided over the blooming of flowers in spring.
It was one of twelve divinities which we calmed by expiatory sacrifices, during some extraordinary event.

Flore Farnèse d'Antoine André, marble white, is dated 1676. Jean-Baptiste Colbert gave the possibility to this sculptor of picarde origin to become a boarder of the Academy of France in Rome, where he executes this copy, from the antique famous model at present kept to the national archaeological Museum of Naples.
Antoine André's statue, the monumental proportions of which are however lower than those of the original, had been placed near the Orangery, near the Hercule Farnèse.
After 1793, when the Domain of Seals became national property, numerous statues were scattered in several Parisian sites.
Among these represented Hercule and the Flora Farnèse, both installed from 1796 in the garden of the Tuileries, in Paris.
Marble statues joined the collections of sculptures of the museum of the Ile-de-France in the gallery of the Orangery.
Moldings of very high quality were installed near the building, in the original place of the marble.

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Time Period: Ancient

Epic Type: Mythical

Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

Approximate Date of Epic Period: Not listed

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