Fan leaf of parchment (?) with a 'Floralia' with Vestal virgins and on the reverse a medallion with two playing, naked children and a little poem, between two cornucopias, birds and butterflies
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Fan leaf of parchment(?) with a representation painted on both sides in tempera. Front: full-page representation, with a Vestal maiden offering incense in a golden vessel at the centre. The composition appears to be built from two parts: on the left, an architectural setting with a perspective view into a walled garden with a shell-shaped fountain and buildings and mountains in the background; on the right, a garden with a pond(?) and mountains in the background. In the colonnade on the left appears Plenty, who with a cornucopia in her hand walks towards the women who bring flowers and wreaths to the statue of Flora, which is placed in a niche between the busts of an unknown god and the goddess Artemis/Diana. To the right of the offering maiden sits a sad-looking woman, Melancholy (daughter of Kronos/Saturn), watching two dancing children who cannot cheer her up. She is seated on an octagonal stone, referring to the fact that Saturn is also the god of geometry.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description