Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les murmures de l’Amour (Whisperings of Love) 1889 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 138.43 x 17.78 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Les murmures de l’Amour (1889)
Tag: Cupid
The Abduction of Proserpina (c.1614-1615)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Abduction of Proserpina c.1614–1615 Oil on canvas, 38 x 67 cm Petit Palais, Paris This study for a large-scale painting that once belonged in England in the collections of the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Castle,…
Unconscious Rivals (1893)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Unconscious Rivals 1893 Oil on panel, 45.1 × 62.9 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Bacchus and Venus (17th century)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Bacchus and Venus 17th Century Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 115.3 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Venere disarma Cupido (1550-1555)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere disarma Cupido (Venus Disarming Cupid) 1550–1555 Oil on canvas, 158.8 x 138.4 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère (1717)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère (Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera) 1717 Oil on canvas, 129 × 194 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Cythera (Greece)
Judgement of Paris (1530)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Lucas Cranach’s interpretation of the Judgment of Paris is a medieval retelling of an ancient beauty contest.…
Venus and Cupid (c.1606-1611)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…
Les Hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (c.1767-1768)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard’s iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. A young…
The Allegory of Constancy (c.1685)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Allegory of Constancy c.1685 Oil on canvas, 126 x 123 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The painter and significant art theorist was greatly influenced by the French neoclassicists, which later earned him the nickname of…