\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 In the dim light of a grove of orange trees and laurel bushes, numerous figures stand on a meadow that is strewn with flower
s.\par
On the right Zephyr, the west wind that ushers in the spring, is represented as a bluish winged figure. He seems to have just caught up with Chloris, the nymph who will be transformed by this encounter into Flora, the figure standing next to her
who presides over the regeneration of nature and scatters flowers as she walks.\par
In the middle stands Venus, the goddess of love and fertility, who is framed by the halo formed by the grove of myrtle trees behind her. Her body is partially wrapped in
a vermilion cloak and she is moving forward, possibly with the intention of dancing.\par
Above her flies the blindfolded Cupid, who is about to shoot an arrow at the three Graces, who are dancing in a ring.\par
The last figure is Mercury, who is raisi
ng his caduceus, a symbol of prosperity and peace, to dissipate the clouds.\par
The painting, which is characterized by an extremely complicated iconography that is constantly being reinterpreted, is traditionally considered a representation of spring o
wing to its explicit references to the reawakening of nature.
