# La Marchande d'Amours [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIEN, Joseph-Marie]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 117 x 140 cm ## Commentary Vien had about 60 students, including Jacques-Louis David, in his studio in the Rue Montmartre in Paris. Although he encouraged his students to paint directly from the life model and to study Renaissance artist, his work suggests that he did not always follow his own advice. This painting treats the subject as a piece of veiled erotica: the image of the Cupid held by his wings promising sexual fulfillment. Despite its classical inspiration, it is effectively a Rococo subject in antique clothing. ## Related artworks - [Greek Maidens Adorning a Sleeping Cupid with Flowers]() - [Lover Crowning his Mistress]() - [Marcus Aurelius Distributing Bread to the People]() - [Portrait of the Architect Barthélemy Michel Hazan on Horseback in Mufti]() - [St Denis Preaching in Gaul]() - [The Sleeping Hermit]() - [Venus Showing Mars her Doves Making a Nest in his Helmet]() - [Venus, Wounded by Diomedes, Is Saved by Iris]() - [Women in Classical Dress Attending a Young Bride]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()