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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 them…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C24
- http://iconclass.org/25G41
- http://iconclass.org/92D1
- http://iconclass.org/34B131
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C24
- http://iconclass.org/25G41
- http://iconclass.org/92D1
- http://iconclass.org/34B131
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1713
- 1713
Place-Time
- first quarter 18th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6820
- SK-A-471
Extent
- height 38.5 cm
- width 29 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1713
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:30.427Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:09.325Z