Flora, the goddess of flowers

A Collection of 14 plans and views of Gouda Illustrator: F. Grieu; Guido Reni Amsterdam, 1718 Source/Shelfmark: Maps.C.9.e.8.(1) A figure representing Flora, the goddess of flowers, is shown holding a lemon. In front of her one gardener plants an orange tree and another appears to be preparing to graft a branch onto a smaller orange tree. A classically robed couple walk behind Flora while another gardener is about to cut another lemon for a third figure. In the background there is a grand Italianate palace and a yacht-studded sea. Image taken from: A Collection of 14 plans and views of Gouda. Published in Amsterdam, 1718