Flora and Zephyr  1740

The Venetians Sebastiano Ricci, Giovanni Pellegrini, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Amigoni all worked throughout Europe, achieving international reputations. A number of Amigoni's best pictures were painted for clients in England, where he worked between 1729 and 1739. This picture, which celebrates the coming of spring in the union of Zephyr with Flora, is one of a pair ...