FLOIIEXTIA FLORENTIA, ANDREA DA. See An- drea. FLORENTINE POET, Alexandra Cn- banel, J. H. Warren, Hoosic Falls, N. Y. A young poet reading one of his compositions to youthful listeners, seated on a marble bench in a garden. Salon, 18(51. Engraved by A. Huot. Replica, Israel Corse, New York. FLORIGERIO, SEBASTIANO, of Udine, born about beginning of 16th century, died after 1543. Venetian school ; pupil and son-in-law of Pellegrino. In 1525 he painted an altarpiece for S. M. di Villauuova near San Daniele, and later the Conception, now in Venice Academy. The St. George and the Dragon in S. Giorgio of Udine was ordered in 1529. He afterwards painted in Padua until 1533. In 1539 he killed a man in a quarrel at Udine and tied to Cividale, where he remained until 1543, when he re- turned to Udine. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 300 ; Vasari, ix. 30 ; Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., ii. (503. FLORIS, FRANS (Frans born in Ant- werp about 1517-18, died there, Oct. 1, 1570. Flem- ish school ; history and portrait paint- er, son and pupil of Cor- nelis de V., a stone - cutter, then at Liege pupil of Lambert Lombard ; also studied in Italy under influence of Michelangelo. In 1540 admitted into the guild at Antwerp, where he opened a school, frequented by many scholars, among whom were several afterwards great masters. Led a very wild life, which prevented his attain- ing the fame and fortune that his great tal- ent and the patronage of his friends offered him. His sons, Jeau Baptiste and Frans, ; were both painters. Works : Fall of the Angels (1554), Adoration of the Shepherds, do Vriendt), St. Luke painting the Virgin, Antwerp Mu- seum ; Nine Muses, Christ and Little Chil- dren, Water-Wedding at Middelburg, Am- sterdam Museum ; Last Judgment (15(!(i), Adoration of the Magi (finished 1571 l>y Hieronymus Franeken), Brussels Museum ; Falcon Hunter (1558), Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, Venus and Cupid, Brunswick Museum ; Taking of Christ, Cas- sel Gallery; Cain ami Abel, Copenhagen Gallery ; Venus and Mars (1517), Lot and his Daughters, Berlin Museum ; Figure, (if a Woman, Old Pinakothek, Munich ; Adam and Eve under tlie Tree, Adam and Evo driven from Paradise, Holy Family, Vienna Museum ; Deluge, portraits (2), Madrid Mu- seum. Ch. Blanc, Ecole flamande ; 15ig. nat. do Belgiqiie, vii. 120 ; Cat. du Museo d'.Vnvers (1S74), 13!); Dolimc, lii. ; F.'-tis, Cat. du Mus. royal, 317; Michiels, v. I'lfJ ; Riegel, Beitriige, ii. 17 ; Rooscs ( Iteber), 1)3; Van den Branden, 17:!. FLOItl/EL AND PKRDITA. Charles R. f.iv/it; South Kensington Museum ; canvas, H. 1 ft. II in. X 2 ft. 5 in. Scene from Win- ter's Tale, Act IV., Scene 3. Perdita, stand- ing, presenting (lowers to Polyxcnes and Camillo, seated at right in shepherd's cot- tage ; behind her is Florixel, and at her side, at left, Dorcas, a true shepherdess. Hoval Academy, 1S37. Engraved by L. Stocks. Art Journal (18(57), 4. FLOWER GIRL, Mnrillo, Dulwich Gal- lery ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. X 3 ft. 2 in.; has been enlarged, original size 3 ft. 5J;x2 ft. 9J. In white turban, yellow robe, white sleeves, seated on a stone bench, holding with both hands the end of a brown em- broidered scarf which falls from her left shoulder, and smilingly offering to the spec- tator the four roses it contains ; on left a pi- laster ; at right a landscape with cloudy sky. Countess de Verruc sale, 1737 ; Blondel de Gagny sale, Paris (177(5), 12,000 liv.; Ca- lonne sale, London (1795), (572, to Mr. Desenfans, whose heir, Sir Francis Bour- geois, bequeathed it to Dulwich College. Old copy in Akademie der Bildeudeu Kuust, 67
