Paintings

Cupid Among Roses, or Love the Sentinel

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1775
Accession number: 78.20.4
Maker: Jean-Honoré Fragonard(Opens in new tab) (French, 1732–1806)
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: This is one of a series of decorative paintings meant for interiors. Fragonard painted at least twelve oval versions of this popular composition in the 1770s-1790s.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Department: European Art
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Fragonard painted at least 12 versions of this popular composition. Roses and doves are the symbols of Venus, the goddess of love and the mother of Cupid. The elaborate rococo frame retains its original gilding.

Cupid Among Roses, or Love the Sentinel

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