Blindfolded Eros Shooting Love Arrows
This piece, in which a blindfolded Cupid shoots arrows at his female quarry, is a fascinating combination of painting and sculpture. The technique, in which...
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Time clipping Cupid's wings
Perhaps it could come from the Merenda collection, this painting having as subject “Time clipping Cupid’s wings”, as stylistically and for the finesse of the...
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Eros Firing His Love at a Woman
Unknown artist.
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Hephaestus forging the arrows of Eros
This painting by Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668, entitled Vulcan manufactures the arrows of Love, can be considered emblematically representative of the Bolognese artist’s painting. The composition...
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A Tiny Prick
Venus, the goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid´s arrows, which triggers her passion for Adonis. This love...
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Did you know Eros had two kinds of arrows?
#Eros (later renamed #Cupid, by the #Romans), is the ancient #Greek #god of #love, and the son of Greek #goddess #Aphrodite. He would use two...
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Love Victorious
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone celebrating!!! Amor Vincit Omnia (“Love Conquers All”, known in English by a variety of names including Amor Victorious, Victorious Cupid,...
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Valen-times
Valen-Times Dylan Spencer
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Sit still, this won’t hurt one bit…
Eros Sharpens One of his Arrows (Dedicated to friends who celebrate Valentine’s Day) 1798. Robert Jacques Francois Faust Lefevre French 1755-1830
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I'm gonna poke you with my love stick
L’Amour et Psyche Eros and Psyche According to Greek mythology, Psyche was a mortal woman of exceptional beauty and grace. Her looks became legendary, and...