L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule

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L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule is a French Rococo painting by François Boucher depicting Cupid fashioning his bow from Hercules’ club, symbolically contrasting playful love with heroic strength.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo painting
painter
painting
artStyle Rococo
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfOrigin France
creator François Boucher
creatorInstanceOf François Boucher
depicts Cupid
Cupid fashioning his bow
Hercules
Hercules’ club
depictsMythology Greco-Roman mythology
genre mythological painting
hasTheme contrast between love and heroism
heroic strength
love
playful love overcoming brute force
languageOfTitle French
mainFigure Cupid
movement Rococo
Rococo
secondaryFigure Hercules
symbolizes power of love
subordination of physical strength to love
titleInFrench L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule
usesMotif Cupid’s bow
Hercules’ club

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Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules title L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule
L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule titleInFrench L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule