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Zephyrus and Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Zephyrus and Flora

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Tiepelo made this drawing as a study for the principal figures in the ceiling fresco he painted for the 'Room of Mirrors' in the Palazzo Labia in Venice. He also produced a small oil sketch of the complete composition. Such delicate figure studies played an important part in the production of Tiepolo’s monumental frescos with their complex compositions. According to ancient myth, Zephyr was one of the four winds and Flora was the goddess of flowers. Their union signified the arrival of spring and the renewal of life and it was a suitable subject to commemorate a wedding.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

Zephyrus and Flora

Date

c.1750

Medium

pen, brown wash & black chalk on paper

Measurements

H 23.9 x W 33 cm

Accession number

36.9

Acquisition method

purchased, 1936

Work type

Drawing

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1696–1770

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