Vert-Vert (Richard) Explained

Vert-Vert
Artist:Fleury François Richard
Year:1804
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:58
Width Metric:41
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
City:Lyon

Vert-Vert is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Fleury François Richard, from 1804. It is named after Vert-Vert, the parrot and eponymous hero of the poem Vert-Vert ou le Voyage du Perroquet de Nevers (1734) by Jean-Baptiste Gresset. It has been in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon since 1820.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Fleury François Richard", in Sylvie Ramond (dir.), Gérard Bruyère and Léna Widerkher, Le Temps de la peinture: Lyon, 1800–1914, Lyon, Fage éditions, 2007 (French)