Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

The present model has been variously identified as Flora, or an allegory of Spring (Printemps), as it shares the latter model's deep cut eyes, pronounced chin and delicate curls which frame the face. The work can be dated to after 1868, as it bears the full signature of the artist; prior to this date he signed his works A. CARRiER.

Another marble version is housed in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no. B777).