Die Liebenden,

1744

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

58 x 74 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XIIa

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

HUW 14

Acquisition

Dauerleihgabe der HypoVereinsbank, Member of Unicredit. - 1968 erworben durch die Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank.

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jean-Marc Nattier, Die Liebenden, 1744, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/rqxNe3P4vW (Last updated on 25.08.2022)

The man is just about to pour a glass of wine for the woman, whose left hand he is holding and into whose eyes he is gazing. The couple, united in love and pleasure, is an allegorical reference to the causal connection between love and wine that has been picked up on time and again since antiquity.