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" Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750
" Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750 - Paintings & Drawings Style Louis XV " Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750 - " Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750 - Louis XV
Ref : 114839
4 800 €
Period :
18th century
Provenance :
France
Medium :
Oil on canvas
Dimensions :
L. 32.48 inch X H. 27.17 inch
Paintings & Drawings  - " Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750 18th century - " Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750 Louis XV - " Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750
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" Vénus and Cupidon", French school, circa 1750

Oil on canvas (perhaps a decorative door overlay?) showing Venus and Love in the guise of Cupid, her son.
Venus, goddess of love, seduction and beauty is leaning half-naked holding Love in her right arm.
In the background, two doves trying to mate, one of her attributes.
Her son Eros (or Cupid), naked, his quivers at his feet, is preparing to shoot an arrow at the male pigeon to help it mate.
From the Renaissance onwards, the Venus theme was a great favourite with painters and sculptors, who took up several images taken from the legend of Aphrodite.
French school, mid-18th century

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18th Century Oil Painting Louis XV