Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Frederick Sandys Dandelion


I was in Oxford last week and had some time to visit the Ashmolean Museum: a wonderful place with fantastic collections and it's free to enter.
I saw a few dandelions in the collection and got some photos for the blog. This painting Gentle Spring was painted by the English Pre-Raphaelite Frederick Sandys.
Painted in oils, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1865. The figure represents Proserpina on her annual return to earth from the land of the dead in springtime. Lots of flowers are depicted in the painting: snowdrops, crocuses, anemones, violets, poppies and dandelions. The dandelions are in seed and are on the lower left of the painting.
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  1. Lee25 February 2017 at 02:20

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  2. Anonymous25 February 2017 at 02:49

    Have you seen Gerard David's Baptism of Christ? There's a good viewer here http://vlaamseprimitieven.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/en/collection/baptism-of-christ

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  3. Rebecca Chesney12 March 2017 at 02:20

    Thanks for the link - i'd not seen this dandelion before - and how beautiful it is. Looks like i might need to go to Bruges...

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