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The Garden of Love

199 cm

286 cm

The Garden of Love is a Rococo, Oil on Canvas Painting created by Peter Paul Rubens in 1633. It lives at the Museo Nacional Del Prado in Spain. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Cherub and Gardens. Source

The Garden of Love may have been a tribute to Helena Fourment, Peter Paul Rubens's beautiful second wife. It's a celebratory painting, showcasing the "conspicuous leisure" of the Paris elite.

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