The Fountain of Love, about 1785. Creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard.

The Fountain of Love, about 1785. Creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard.

3-035-642 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Fountain of Love, about 1785. Additional Info: In the midst of a verdant forest, a young man and woman eagerly rush forward, their feet just reaching the edge of a fountain's basin. Putti frolic in the fountain's waters and billowing spray, and one of them offers a cup of the magical liquid for the young lovers to drink. The story of the Garden of Love, an allegory of the nature and progress of love that has its origins in the poetry of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, centers on this Fountain of Love. The fountain brings forth the water, into which Cupid dips his arrows or from which lovers drink and fall in love. In nearly every period, artists have painted this romantic motif.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Jean-Honore Fragonard, attributed to: French: Artist, painter

Medium
  1. Canvas (textile material)
  2. Oil paint (paint)

Picture Type
  1. Painting

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Romance & Love

Artistic Representations Allegories

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4089x4960
File Size : 59,419kb


Aliases

  1. 99.PA.30
  1. 103QRW
  1. 1200000245
  1. 3-035-642
  1. 3035642
  1. 99.PA.30

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