The Flight of Florimell

"The Flight of Florimel" is a painting created in 1819 by Washington Allston, an American Romantic painter. Allston was known for his dramatic subject matter and his innovative use of light and atmospheric color, which influenced future American landscape painting. "The Flight of Florimel" is considered a key work from a period when Allston's art became quieter, evoking a sense of reverie and fantasy. The painting's title likely refers to Florimel, a character from Edmund Spenser's 16th-century epic poem, The Faerie Queene, which is an allegory in the English language.12