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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669): Flora

Oil on canvas; 125 x 101 cm

This lady in love is happy about the time of flowering.
Classical culture worshiped nature and natural time
as the love of God and celebrated e.g springtime
as something divine and religious. She is the goddess Flora.
Rembrandt painted his wife Saskia this way
three times: in 1634, 1635 and 1641.

location: Hermitage Museum