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Two girls with flowers near a statue of Cupid
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwee meisjes met bloemen bij een beeld van Cupido. 1713. Pieter van der Werff. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
