Cupid Runs out the Door
Jean-Léon Gérôme, a master of the Academic style known for his polished, almost photographic finish, plays a visual joke here. A bearded man sits in a sparse room, looking stunned as he clutches a bundle of arrows piercing his chest. The culprit, a cheeky Cupid, is already fleeing through the door, bow in hand. A portrait of a woman on the wall reveals the target of this sudden affection, while a statue labeled 'Asclepios' (the god of medicine) stands by uselessly—because love is a sickness no doctor can cure.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Material
- Oil paint
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