The small bouquet the subject clutches in her right hand has prompted her traditional identification with Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring. In the absence of a clearly articulated environment that would illuminate the figure’s identity, her gestures and the few attributes that Titian imparts to her are the only means of interpretation. Instead, the figure appears against a simple backdrop of subtly modulated brown tones. 1488-1576) has omitted any details that would confirm a specific context.
The subject’s half-undone coiffure, with much of her golden hair loose over her shoulders, implies that she is situated in an intimate setting.
A length of rose-colored damask is draped loosely over her shoulder and around her waist, an incongruous adornment given her partial nudity. Although the camicia fully covers the woman’s arms and torso, it has fallen from her left shoulder, exposing most of her left breast. Titian’s Flora (Figure 1) depicts a young, fair-skinned and fair-haired woman dressed in a diaphanous white camicia, an undergarment commonly worn by Renaissance women.
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