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Hermitage Rooms Archive

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

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

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

Sèvres
Inkwell and stand with figure of Cupid drumming, 1774

Sèvres
Cup and saucer with scene of Cupid shooting an arrow,
1780 Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749), A scene of an artist painting a seal of chastity on his wife, from a tale by Jean de La Fontaine, 1732, oil on canvas, 30.5 x 24.5 cm

Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749),
A scene of an artist painting a seal of chastity
on his wife, from a tale by Jean de La Fontaine, 1732,
oil on canvas, 30.5 x 24.5 cm