Education of Cupid
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
37.8 × 24.6 cm (14 7/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Framed: 62.9 × 51.2 × 10.5 cm (24 3/4 × 20 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35155
Art Historical Context
Narcisse Virgile Diaz la Peña's *Education of Cupid*c. 1859) is a captivating oil on panel painting, measuring a intimate 37.8 × 24.6 cm, now housed in the Art Institute Chicago's Department of Painting and Sculpture of. Diaz, a French artist of the Barbizon School, blended Romanticism's emotional depth with a keen eye for nature's lush details. Active in the mid-19th century, drew inspiration from Fontainebleau Forest, infusing his works with vibrant foliage and soft, dappled light that foreshadowed Impressionism. This small-scale mythological scene likely portrays the tender "education" of ...