The Feast of Flora
Johann Georg Platzer (St Michael in Eppan 1704 - St Michael in Eppan 1761)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
c. 1734
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
552 x 743 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 267118
Summary
Oil painting on copper, The Feast of Flora by Johann Georg Platzer (St Michael in Eppan 1704 - St Michael in Eppan 1761), circa 1734. Possibly a pendant with An Allegory of Misrule in the Birmingham City Art Gallery (1971P4). Platzer originated in South Tyrol and studied at the Vienna Academy, after it re-opened in 1726. Many of the figures in this picture show the influence of the Flemish master, Rubens. Platzer specialised in small and exquisitely painted oils on copper. This is an example of a cabinet painting, intended for more private rooms.
Provenance
Fred Teltscher, 17 Crawford St, London, W.1; bought by Brinsley Ford on 28 March 1958 and by descent to Augustine Ford. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Augustine Ford and allocated to the National Trust for Osterley, 2023.
Makers and roles
Johann Georg Platzer (St Michael in Eppan 1704 - St Michael in Eppan 1761), artist
References
Ford 1998 Brinsley Ford, John Ingamells, Francis Russell, John Christian, Nicholas Penny, Jennifer Montagu, Howard Coutts, Timothy Wilson & Dudley Dodd, The Ford Collection – II, Walpole Society, Vol. 60, 1998, pp. 91-376, p. 155, RBF53 Garnett 2015: Oliver Garnett, At Home with Art Treasures from the Ford Collection at Basildon Park, National Trust, 2015, p. 33