The Flight of Florimell
Date:
1819
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 × 36 inches (71.12 × 91.44 cm)
Credit Line:
City of Detroit Purchase
Object number:
44.165
The vertical painting, has a young woman (Florimell) who is mounted on a galloping white horse as its center of attention. Florimell is looking over her left shoulder as though she is fleeing from someone or something. The background is that of a landscape, where two mounted men in armor are emerging from the heavily wooded area.
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