Keywords: Jean Alfred Marioton - A Maiden Among The Flowers.jpg Artwork Creator Jean Alfred Marioton Oil on Canvas Size cm 124 7 250 1 private collection object history exhibition history credit line place of creation JAMarioton lower right monogram The present work has a similar painted border of botanicals and is nearly identical in size to two of Marioton's compositions sold in these rooms May 24 1988 lots 86 and 87 All three paintings feature a nymph or classical maiden among blooming flowers or the lily pads of a pond The subtle shifts of light color palette and mood from one work to the next suggests these were part of a series of allegories of the seasons or the times of day http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-and-19th-century-paintings-n09103/lot 604 html Sothebys com http //www sothebys com/content/dam/stb/lots/N09/N09103/410N09103_67RQY jpg direct link accession number PD-old-auto-1923 1903 Virgins in art Blue flowers in art Female brown hair in art Female armpits in art Paintings of standing women playing musical instruments outdoors Nude or partially nude women facing right and looking left in art Flutists in art Jean Alfred Marioton Images from Sotheby's |