Cupid Among Roses, or Love the Sentinel
Maker
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
(French, 1732 - 1806)
Additional Title(s)
- Cupid Between Roses
- L'Amour dans un Buisson de Roses, or L'Amour en Sentinelle
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1775
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm.)
DescriptionThis 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 LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Status
On viewObject number78.20.4
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
ca. 1785
Object number: 78.20.5
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.979
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.6
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2850
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2538
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2123
