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  Worldvisitguide > Places > National Gallery > Italian Painting > Leonardo and the North... > The School of Love
The School of Love
Modèles : Cupidon, Mercure, Vénus
Relationship with : L'Amour

Date : near 1525

Dimensions : 91 cm x 155 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Achat (1834)
National Gallery
Leonardo and the North of Italy
Main Building - First Floor - Section 02
Venus with Mercury and Cupid
Item 4 on 17
Italian Painting
Painting (Thème mythologique)

Area related
Italy


Description   

Mercury instructs the young Cupid, who is carefully watched by his mother Venus, unusually shown with wings. The painting includes fantastic details, such as the knotted animal paws in the sandal on Mercury's right foot.
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