Iris painting, oil on canvas, 50 x 60

Iris flowers known to man since ancient times. On the island of Crete on the mural, which was located on the wall of the Palace of Knossos, depicts a priest surrounded by blooming iris. This mural, approximately 4 years.

In the Middle ages, irises grown in the gardens of castles and monasteries were transferred to the gardens residents.

The name of the flower "iris" has received from the hands of the famous healer Hippocrates, who gave the name to the plant after the Greek goddess iris, proclaiming to the people the will of the Olympian gods. Goddess Irida went over the rainbow to earth, so the word "iris" in Greek means rainbow.

But Florence is only called Florence by the Romans because irises grew in abundance around this Etruscan settlement at one time, and the literal translation from Latin to Russian "Florence" means " blooming". Since then, iris of Florence is decorated with the city arms of Florence.
My painting "Florence" can be viewed at this link:
www.livemaster.ru/gallery/2948586-prosnis-rosario-my-prileteli-na-severnyj
www.livemaster.ru/item/31672725-kartiny-i-panno-kartina-florentsiya-italiya-holst-maslo-60-h-

Still my paintings with flowers: www.livemaster.ru/masterval?cid=757701

The painting "iris" is written on a branded primed canvas on cardboard with a size of 000 cm. professional oil paints of high quality, sold without a frame.