This 19th Century plaster figure after the so called ‘Capitoline Flora’, considered by Winckelmann to be one of the most beautiful statues in all of Rome. Dating from the Hadrianic period (117 – 138 CE) the original marble is widely believed to represent Flora - the goddess of Spring and flowers - due to the floral wreath in her hair. Other theories however cite the figure as possibly representing the Empress Sabina, the muse of poetry Polyhymnia, or more simply a personification of the Season. The youthful female stands in contrapposto, her weight resting upon her left leg while her right is gently bent, her figure draped in a flowing chiton and mantle, her left hand clasping a bunch of flowers and her right held outward with the palm facing upward, her hair arranged in typical Roman style and adorned by a wreath of flowers, the whole raised atop a stepped metal base.

Height 212cm on Base

This 19th Century plaster figure after the so called ‘Capitoline Flora’, considered by Winckelmann to be one of the most beautiful statues in all of Rome. Dating from the Hadrianic period (117 – 138 CE) the original marble is widely believed to represent Flora - the goddess of Spring and flowers - due to the floral wreath in her hair. Other theories however cite the figure as possibly representing the Empress Sabina, the muse of poetry Polyhymnia, or more simply a personification of the Season. The youthful female stands in contrapposto, her weight resting upon her left leg while her right is gently bent, her figure draped in a flowing chiton and mantle, her left hand clasping a bunch of flowers and her right held outward with the palm facing upward, her hair arranged in typical Roman style and adorned by a wreath of flowers, the whole raised atop a stepped metal base.

Height 212cm on Base