Who painted “Spring”?

“Spring” was painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1894. Where to see it: J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Lawrence Alma-Tadema: ancient Rome and Greece with archaeological precision, gleaming marble, flowers and sunlit leisure.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. Wikipedia

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More by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

“The Roses of Heliogabalus”, 1888
“The women of Amphissa”, 1887
“Sappho and Alcaeus”, 1881
“The Sculptor's Model”, 1877
“Education of the children of Clovis”, 1861
“Antony and Cleopatra”, 1883
“An Audience at Agrippa's”, 1876
“Egyptians 3,000 years ago”, 1863