# A Couple Making Love in a Park Spied on by Children

- By: Adriaen van der Werff (Kralingen-Ambacht, 1659–1722)
- Date: 1694
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 37 cm x width 30 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-265--bfeec5fef5cf5e462e2999361e0be2e3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5f6139b4e90870bb9919af27317bb7c8.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Rotterdam’s Adriaen van der Werff painted a game of glances here. The statue on the left gazes down at two little boys hidden behind a bush. In turn, they spy on a couple making love. Oblivious to the onlookers, the man grins at his lover. Completing the cycle, the woman, with a smile, gazes directly out at us.