Girl defending Eros

Date: c. 1880
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Dimensions: 57.8 x 81.6

A young half-naked woman sits with her arms outstretched in front of her, pushing away a winged boy. The boy represents Cupid, the god of love, and in his right hand he holds an arrow, his typical accessory, with which he tries to pierce the young woman. The title of the painting suggests that the woman is trying to defend herself, but her slight smile shows that her attitude is not very convincing. Exhibition visitors in Paris in the 1870s and 1880s loved Bouguereau's paintings. The artist depicted his mythical ideas in idyllic landscapes. One of his favorite models was his model for this painting.

Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. Original size is 57.8 x 81.6. This art piece is located in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). French academic painter. In his choice of topics, he was a traditionalist: he painted mythological scenes and modern interpretations of Classicist themes (with an emphasis on painting the female body). Bouguereau admired Raphael, and even gave him one of his paintings. In his time, he was considered one of the finest painters, even abroad. At the end of his career, his paintings began to seem too traditionalist, with techniques embedded in the past. In some encyclopaedias, his name even ceased to appear. To date, however, we can consider some of his works beautiful and inspiring.