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The Triumph of Flora (Poussin)
Painting by Nicolas Poussin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Triumph of Flora (French: Le Triomphe de Flore) is an oil painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated to about 1627 or 1628, which is now in the Louvre in Paris.[1]
Not to be confused with The Empire of Flora.
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The nymph Chloris, honoured by the Greeks; and afterwards by the Romans as Flora, the goddess of flowers and gardens, was a natural subject for Poussin, who was a great admirer of the ancient religious rites.[2]