FLORENTINE POET, Alexandre Cabanel, 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, 1861. 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 Villanuova 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 fled to Cividale,
where he remained until 1543, when he returned
to Udine.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 300;
Vasari, ix. 30; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii.
603.
FLORIS, FRANS (Frans de Vriendt),
born in Antwerp
about
1517-18, died
there, Oct. 1,
1570. Flemish
school;
history and
portrait painter,
son and
pupil of Cornelis
de V., a
stone-cutter,
then at Liège 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 attaining
the fame and fortune that his great talent
and the patronage of his friends offered
him. His sons, Jean Baptiste and Frans,
were both painters. Works: Fall of the
Angels (1554), Adoration of the Shepherds,
St. Luke painting the Virgin, Antwerp Museum;
Nine Muses, Christ and Little Children,
Water-Wedding at Middelburg, Amsterdam
Museum; Last Judgment (1566),
Adoration of the Magi (finished 1571 by
Hieronymus Francken), Brussels Museum;
Falcon Hunter (1558), Mars and Venus
surprised by Vulcan, Venus and Cupid,
Brunswick Museum; Taking of Christ, Cassel
Gallery; Cain and Abel, Copenhagen
Gallery; Venus and Mars (1547), Lot and
his Daughters, Berlin Museum; Figure of
a Woman, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Adam
and Eve under the Tree, Adam and Eve
driven from Paradise, Holy Family, Vienna
Museum; Deluge, portraits (2), Madrid Museum.—Ch.
Blanc, École flamande; Biog.
nat. de Belgique, vii. 120; Cat. du Musée
d'Anvers (1874), 139; Dohme, 1ii.; Fétis,
Cat. du Mus. royal, 317; Michiels, v. 292;
Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 17; Rooses (Reber), 93;
Van den Branden, 173.
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FLORIZEL AND PERDITA, Charles R. Leslie, South Kensington Museum; canvas, H. 1 ft. 9 in. × 2 ft. 5 in. Scene from Winter's Tale, Act IV., Scene 3. Perdita, standing, presenting flowers to Polyxenes and Camillo, seated at right in shepherd's cottage; behind her is Florizel, and at her side, at left, Dorcas, a true shepherdess. Royal Academy, 1837. Engraved by L. Stocks.—Art Journal (1867), 4.
FLOWER GIRL, Murillo, Dulwich Gallery;
canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 2 in.; has
been enlarged, original size 3 ft. 5-5/8 × 2 ft.
9-5/8. In white turban, yellow robe, white
sleeves, seated on a stone bench, holding
with both hands the end of a brown embroidered
scarf which falls from her left
shoulder, and smilingly offering to the spectator
the four roses it contains; on left a pilaster;
at right a landscape with cloudy sky.
Countess de Verrue sale, 1737; Blondel de
Gagny sale, Paris (1776), 12,000 liv.; Calonne
sale, London (1795), £672, to Mr.
Desenfans, whose heir, Sir Francis Bourgeois,
bequeathed it to Dulwich College.
Old copy in Akademie der Bildenden Kunst,
