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Venus Consoling Love
is a painting completed by
François Boucher
in 1751. It depicts a mythological scene, where
Venus
, the goddess of love, is about to disarm
Cupid
by taking away his arrows. Venus is depicted as a young, charming, and supple woman, in accordance with
French Rococo
's beauty ideals. Once owned by
Madame de Pompadour
, the
chief mistress
of
Louis XV
, the painting is now in the collection of the
National Gallery of Art
in
Washington, D.C.
Painting:
François Boucher
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