Flora ca. 1654 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of the Roman goddess of spring, he responded to the sixteenth-century Venetian master Titian in particular. Still, the somber coloration and rough paint handling make this work unmistakably Rembrandt’s own, and the goddess may be based in part on a portrait of the artist’s deceased wife, Saskia, who had been the muse and inspiration for many of his Flora. Rembrandt (Rembrandt van
Flora ca. 1654 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of the Roman goddess of spring, he responded to the sixteenth-century Venetian master Titian in particular. Still, the somber coloration and rough paint handling make this work unmistakably Rembrandt’s own, and the goddess may be based in part on a portrait of the artist’s deceased wife, Saskia, who had been the muse and inspiration for many of his Flora. Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam). ca. 1654. Oil on canvas. Paintings
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