Flight of Love

In a sunlit forest glade, a nude woman sits on the grass while a winged child with a bow rises beside her, as if releasing love into the air. The composition uses a diagonal arc and a triangular arrangement that leads the eye from the woman’s face up to the cherub’s extended arm and bow. The palette features pale, luminous flesh tones against a lush green landscape with a soft sky, rendered with Bouguereau’s smooth, polished brushwork typical of his Academic style.