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A Blonde Woman (perhaps Flora)

c. 1520

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The story

Her flowers may point to Flora, goddess of spring, but Flora was also a common name for courtesans in 16th-century Italy. Such openly sensual Venetian pictures were bought by collectors and by courtesans' wealthy clients, and successful courtesans commissioned them too.

Source, National Gallery

Object details

Title: A Blonde Woman (perhaps Flora)
Artist: Palma Vecchio
Date: c. 1520
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil painting
Object type: Paintings
Collection: National Gallery, London
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0310
Original image: 2604 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Palma Vecchio. A Blonde Woman (perhaps Flora). c. 1520. National Gallery, London. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0310/