A painting by French painter Francois Boucher “Learning Cupid”. The size of the painting is 118 x 134 cm, canvas, oil. Cupid – among the ancient Romans and Greeks, the god of love, understood as a special world deity, connecting gods and people in marriage in love and the continuation of life, and as an irresistible companion and assistant to Venus.
In ancient ancient traditions, Cupid was considered the product of Chaos and the Sun. The father of Cupid, the ancient Greek authors also called Uranus, Chronos, Orpheus and other gods. In the later myth-making, the parents of Cupid are considered to be Venus and Mars.
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