Detail:PLEASE BE AWARE, THE FILES HAVE A PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE CUTOFF; described is the Victorian custom to send the children into the country to gather flowers on May 1st. The Scene is placed in ancient Rome.
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Spring (1894). Oil on canvas,179.2 × 80.3 cm. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The painting relates the Victorian custom of children collecting flowers on May Day back to an Ancient Roman spring festival, perhaps Cerealia or Floralia or Ambarvalia.
Spring, 1894, Opus CCCXXVI (326) olieverf op doek, 179,2 x 80,3 cm. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Spring; Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch, 1836 - 1912); 1894; Oil on canvas; 178.4× 80.3 cm (70 1/4 × 31 5/8 in.); 72.PA.3; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)