Jean-Marc Nattier
(1685-1766)
Die Liebenden,
1744
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
58 x 74 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal XIIa
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 31.01.2023)
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.
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