Flora

Flora at the UCL Art Museum depicts the Roman goddess of flowers and spring. Kauffmann’s decorative mythological subjects, featuring beautiful female deities surrounded by flowers and flowing fabric, were enormously popular as interior decorations in neoclassical homes across Europe. Kauffmann's refined oil handling favored cool, clear colors and gracefully elongated figures that drew on classical sculpture and Raphael's serene compositions, executed with a smooth, controlled touch that...

The goddess is rendered with Kauffmann’s characteristic softness and decorative charm. Floral elements and flowing drapery create a composition of elegant beauty appropriate to the goddess of spring.