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Frans Floris I

Flemish painter (1519–1570)

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  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Frans Floris I

3 images from works
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Works from the collections

6 works

    • Pictures

    A woman holding a burning torch and a stone slab, accompanied by a seated man; representing industry. Engraving, 1551, after F. Floris.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: [1551] | Reference: 2439098i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: 1565 | Reference: 25661i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: 1565 | Reference: 25650i
    • Pictures

    Hercules killing the Nemean lion. Engraving by C. David after C. Cort after F. Floris.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 2814503i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

    Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570. | Date: 1565 | Reference: 25651i

Frequent collaborators

Cornelis Cort

Related topics

Books
Learning and scholarship
Education, Medieval
Science - History
Women - Mythology

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