Charles Baude and Sandro Botticelli
Figure of Flora in Botticelli’s “Allegory of Spring”
1887
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- Artist: Charles Baude
- Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Figure of Flora in Botticelli’s “Allegory of Spring”
1887
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Image: 184 x 85 mm. (7 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 285 x 227 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.16625
One of a group of proofs, printed on Japan paper, by Baude in the Lucas Collection. These wood engravings were first published as illustrations in Harper's New Monthly Magazine and later appeared in published volumes by Theodore Child. This one first appeared in Theodore Child, "Sandro Botticelli," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 77, Issue 459, August 1888, p. 459.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in block: lower right "CH. BAUDE"
Markings: None
