Spring  1894

by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

A procession of women and children descending marble stairs carry and wear brightly colored flowers. Cheering spectators fill the windows and roof of a classical building. Lawrence Alma-Tadema here represented the Victorian custom of sending children into the country to collect flowers on the morning of May 1, or May Day, but placed the scene in ancient Rome. In this way, ...
Size: 
178.4 x 80.3 cm (70 1/4 x 31 5/8 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty

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  1. i love this painting! Although in this piece here, it's kinda dull due to low-light but in reality this painting has a bright or vibrant quality to it. Every time I visit the Getty Museum, this is one of the paintings I look forward to seeing again. In person, this has a 3-D quality to it. The flowers just jumps out of the frame.