Flora, ca. 1654, Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 36 1/8 in. (100 x 91. 8 cm), Paintings, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606?1669 Amsterdam), Although pictures of Flora by Titian and other Italian artists ultimately inspired this work, Rembrandt rejects their idealizing approach by treating the goddess of Spring as an ordinary woman in fancy dress, with an expression betraying real experience