Flora
Pieter Xaveri
1673
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
11.5; 31; 19.5
About this artwork
height 31 cm x width 19.5 cm x depth 11.5 cm
Art Historical Context
**Flora** *Pieter Xaveri, 1673* *Terracotta, h 31 cm × w c. 19.5 cm × d c. 11.5 cm* Step into the blooming world of 17th-century Baroque sculpture with Pieter Xaveri's *Flora*, a delicate terracotta figure crafted in 1673. Standing just 31 cm tall, intimate work captures the Roman goddess of flowers and spring a timeless symbol of renewal and nature's abundance. Xaveri, a sculptor of the Dutch Golden Age, employs terracotta—a versatile, fired clay medium favored for its warmth and malleability—to model Flora's graceful form, likely as a study or bozzetto for larger commissions. Terracott...