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Description: | Signed: yes Description: In the bottom right, one of Diana's nymphs clips the sleeping Cupid's wings in order to put an end to his mischief. The nude Venus, reclining on the rainbow with a swan, one of her attributes, is wrapped in a white cloth and points up; she is probably an allegory of Chastity or Sacred Love. She triumphs above, while below the bare-breasted and sensuously dressed Profane Love (Lust) and her followers sleep, and Cupid is disarmed. In the background, the chaste huntress Diana leads a group of amorini, who have forgotten about Cupid and are engaged in the chase. | Subjects: | swan); figure; landscape; mythology (Disarming of Cupid sacred and profane love) Venus animal (dog Diana); marine; allegory (chastity Cupid | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Giordano, Luca (Italian painter, 1634-1705, active in Italy and Spain) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8541... | Go to resource |
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