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Cupid Among Roses, or Love the Sentinel

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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.

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