The Garden of Love

1630-1635

Step into a 17th-century high-society mixer where Cupid is the ultimate wingman! Rubens painted this lush, chaotic celebration of courtship right after marrying his second wife, Hélène Fourment, and art historians suspect the elegant couple on the far right might actually be a self-portrait of the artist and his new bride. Putti fly overhead showering the fashionable crowd with flowers and arrows, while rich silks and velvets rustle in this ultimate Baroque fantasy of romance. It's basically a visual love letter to marriage, proving that even in the 1630s, everyone loved a good garden party.

Technique: Oil painting
Material: Canvas
Dimensions: 198 cm × 283 cm

Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid

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