Why it matters
A procession of women and children winds along a Roman street and down marble steps, while spectators throw flowers. Alma-Tadema linked the Victorian custom of children gathering May Day flowers to an ancient Roman spring festival.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1894.
- The Getty Museum has owned it since 1972.
- It inspired Julius Caesar's triumphal entry in the 1934 film Cleopatra.
Based on the Wikipedia article Spring (Alma-Tadema painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
