# Love the Sentinel, in 18th-century France

Jean Honoré Fragonard painted this in about 1773/1776, aged about 41. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Cupid stands in a flowering garden with a golden arrow in his hand, his quiver lying in the grass and two white doves flying overhead, as if keeping watch over lovers just out of sight.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1773/1776
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall (oval): 56.2 x 47.3 cm (22 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.) framed: 77.5 x 62.9 x 8.3 cm (30 1/2 x 24 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.17.112
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Jean Honoré Fragonard](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jean-honore-fragonard), French, 1732–1806

Fragonard studied with Chardin and then Boucher, won the Prix de Rome and spent five years in Italy, where he drew the gardens of the Villa d’Este.

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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