The Temple of Love
Also titled De tempel der Liefde
Louis Jean Desprez (Auxerre, 1743–1804)
c. 1784 - c. 1792
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 316 mm x width 460 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
In architectural surroundings reminiscent of a stage decor, people revel and make music in the name of love. Putti hold up fluttering draperies and flower garlands. In the middle of the depiction, the god of love Cupid himself stands on a pedestal. From there, a dazzling light floods the entire scene, whereby the figures in the foreground are little more than silhouettes.
