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Cupid Among Roses, or Love the Sentinel

Maker (French, 1732 - 1806)
Additional Title(s)
  • Cupid Between Roses
  • L'Amour dans un Buisson de Roses, or L'Amour en Sentinelle
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 view
Label TextFragonard 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.
Object number78.20.4
Nymph Stepping Over the Arms of Two Satyrs
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1763
Object number: 72.62.209
Head of a Boy (Alexandre-Évariste "Fanfan" Fragonard)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
ca. 1785
Object number: 78.20.5
Woman with Roses
Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
ca. 1850-1900
Object number: 27.93
Venus Bedecking Cupid with a Garland of Roses
Unknown
1875-1900
Object number: 18.13
Angel with Roses; Angel with Lilies; Gaurdian Angel with Boy
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2123
Angel with Roses; Angel with Lilies; Angel with Child; Guardian Angel
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2850
Angel with Roses; Angel with Lilies; Guardian Angel with Boy
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2538
Roses
Robert Brough
1896
Object number: 92.28
Wild Roses
William Henry Hunt
n.d.
Object number: 59.55.762