Venus and Cupid

The painting shows Venus having caught Cupid´s arrow from his bow. Although the scene bears a resemblence to Flori´s Venus and Cupid in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, there is a distinct difference in the level of passion. The Hallwyl painting is a study of a slightly disinterested reclining nude accompanied by an almost truculent Cupid; the Uffizi Venus longingly, but yet with a surprised look upon her face, embraces and kisses the small, red cheeked Cupid. The paining is signed F.F.