Oh, innocent victims of Cupid,
remember this terse little verse:
To let a fool kiss you is stupid.
To let a kiss fool you is worse.
~Yip Harburg
Cute? Mischievous? For Art Thursday, we have Amor/Eros/Cupid/Love.
Cupid
Julius Kronberg
Sleeping Cupid
Francesco Albani
Amor breaking his bow
Jean Ducamps
Time cutting the wings of Love, 1694
Pierre Mignard
Cupid holding a glass ball
Caesar van Everdingen
El Amor dormido, 1630
Erasmus Quellinus (II)
After Peter Paul Rubens
Cupids are cute indeed. Can't figure out why Time is cutting off Cupid's wings, though!
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