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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 17th - early 18th century
Accession number: 20.42
Maker: Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
Attributeds: previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660); previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 80 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 20 in. (204.5 × 67.3 × 50.8 cm.) base: 20 × 27 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 99 1/2 × 27 × 27 in. (252.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This statue portrays Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, as a woman with flowers in her hair holding a basket of flowers.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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