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The pair are standing lightly draped and embracing, Flora wreathed and holding a rosebud on naturalistic base, on painted and giltwood socle with carved rams heads and husk chains around the frieze. The group was commissioned by Sir Robert Lawley, 1st Lord Wenlock of the first creation (1768–1834) for Escrick Park, Yorkshire; bought by Charles Winn (1795–1874) of Nostell Priory after Lord Wenlock's death at his villa near Florence in April. Wyatt specialised in ideal marble-figure groups, some, like this one, of mythological subjects, others derived from post-classical literary sources. Here Flora, the goddess of flowers, is shown with her young husband Zephyr, the west wind of springtime, who sports butterfly wings. the sculptor replicated this group later, and also sculpted a single figure of Flora, but this marble is thought to be the primary version, first shown at the Royal Academy in 1834.
Title
Flora and Zephyr
Date
1834
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 165 x W 94 x D 67 cm
Accession number
960129
Work type
Sculpture
Inscription description
inscribed on tree trunk: R J Wyatt Fecit Rome
