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Hermitage Rooms Archive

The Triumph of Eros:
Art and Seduction in 18th Century France


Photo: Karl Bulla (1854-1929) Self portrait, circa 1900
François Boucher
(1703-70) Pastoral Scene, 1740s

Photo: Winter Palace from the Neva, circa 1900
François Guérin
(1751-91) Venus and Nymphs, c.1780s

Photo: Monument to Peter the Great, 1909
Nicolas Lancret
(1690-1743) The Swing, 1730s

Photo: Medieval Rooms in the Old Hermitage
Pierre Subleyras
(1699-1749) A scene… 1732

Photo: Princess Orlova-Davydova in Masquerade Costume for the Ball of 1903
Antoine Watteau
(1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl), c.1718

Photo: Peasant with samovar, 1860s
Pierre-Laurent Auvray (1736-?) after Fragonard Les Jets d'Eau, c.1779

Photo: Princess Orlova-Davydova in Masquerade Costume for the Ball of 1903
J. Mathieu
after Fragonard
Le Serment d'Amour,
1760s

Photo: Princess Orlova-Davydova in Masquerade Costume for the Ball of 1903
Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-91) Menacing Cupid, 1750s

Photo: Princess Orlova-Davydova in Masquerade Costume for the Ball of 1903
Sèvres
Inkwell and stand with figure of Cupid drumming, 1774

Photo: Princess Orlova-Davydova in Masquerade Costume for the Ball of 1903
Sèvres
Cup and saucer with scene of Cupid shooting an arrow,
1780 Sèvres, Cup and saucer with scene of Cupid shooting an arrow, 1780, porcelain with painting and gilding

Sèvres,
Cup and saucer with scene of Cupid shooting an arrow, 1780,
porcelain with painting and gilding





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