Two Girls with Flowers by a Statue of Cupid
This painting may be an allegory of the sense of smell. Two girls decorate a statue of Cupid with flowers, while the god of love himself smells a blossom. There seems to be no iconographical connection between this painting and its companion, A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus(elsewhere on this wall). Pairs of paintings were extremely popular in the 18th century because they lent themselves to a symmetrical display.
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Two Girls with Flowers by a Statue of Cupid
This painting may be an allegory of the sense of smell. Two girls decorate a statue of Cupid with flowers, while the god of love himself smells a blossom. There seems to be no iconographical connection between this painting and its companion, A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus(elsewhere on this wall). Pairs of paintings were extremely popular in the 18th century because they lent themselves to a symmetrical display.
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Dit schilderij is misschien ee ...... ze mooi symmetrisch ophangen.
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This painting may be an allego ...... lves to a symmetrical display.
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Rijksmuseum
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Twee meisjes met bloemen bij een beeld van Cupido
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Two Girls with Flowers by a Statue of Cupid
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1713
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1713
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drager breedte 29 cm
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drager hoogte 38,5 cm
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height 38.5 cm
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width 29 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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temporal
eerste kwart 18e eeuw
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first quarter 18th century
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