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 ⓘ