Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair)
Pietro Bernini|Gian Lorenzo Bernini · Italian|Italian
Date: 1616–17
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 89 1/8 × 34 3/8 × 27 1/2 in., 2507 lb. (226.4 × 87.3 × 69.9 cm, 1137.2 kg); Pedestal, confirmed: 42 1/2 × 30 × 30 in., 2719 lb. (108 × 76.2 × 76.2 cm, 1233.3 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Culture: Italian, Rome
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1990
Date range
1616 – 1617
Largest dimension
76.2 cm
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