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Snowdrops in art
Gail:
Any suggestions as to what snowdrop is in this painting? - see below.....
The Pre-Raphaelites prided themselves on imitating nature so presumably the four outers on the bottom flower were genuine. I wasn't sure if it was a not very full 'Flore Pleno'??
Any pointers to other snowdrops in paintings would be appreciated...
edit by maggi to add photo- image is in the public domain : http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/by_artist.php?id=3
Alan_b:
I think it is much more likely to be a nivalis 'Flore Pleno' than anything else. These can be quite variable.
If you put "snowdrop" into the Fitzwilliam Museum Collection Explorer here http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/ you get two good results for snowdrops in paintings.
Gail:
Thanks Alan
Maggi Young:
--- Quote from: Alan_b on January 05, 2014, 09:25:20 AM ---
If you put "snowdrop" into the Fitzwilliam Museum Collection Explorer here http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/ you get two good results for snowdrops in paintings.
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Well, of course I had to try that......
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=166416 for a charming mezzotint and
http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30067 for a coloured drawing - complete with a bluebottle - at least that's what it says- hope it's not a fancy narcissus fly!!
zephirine:
Not exactly paintings, but here are two chromolithographies (also called VTCs, Victorian Trading Cards) from the end of the 19th century, showing very "human" snowdrops!
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