Flora, Titian
Titian·Flora·c. 1515·Oil on canvas·Uffizi Gallery, Florence↓

Titian Italian, c. 1488 – 1576

Flora, c. 1515

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A young woman with loose golden hair and a slipping white chemise holds out a handful of flowers while clutching a pink mantle with her other hand. Titian painted this ideal Venetian beauty around 1515. Whether she is the goddess Flora, a bride or a courtesan is still disputed; the name comes only from her spring flowers.

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The flowers in her right hand are the only clue to the title. Rembrandt knew the picture and borrowed from it for his Saskia as Flora.

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