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Description: | This little boy is dressed as Cupid, the Roman god of love. He is the son of Venus and usually represented as a small, winged boy carrying a bow and arrows. The boy here does not have wings as this is a portrait, but his toga-like clothing and arrows in their quiver make the identification of the mythological figure possible. The arrows thrown by Cupid struck the heart of his victims to make them fall in love. The seventeenth century was very prolific as far as mythological scenes were concerned, and it was not rare for the upper classes to be represented in mythologising portraits. | Subjects: | portrait; mythology (Cupid); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8996... | Go to resource |
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