L'Amour et Psyché, enfantsThe First Kiss by William Adoplhe Bouguereau - Limited Edition Print
L'Amour et Psyché, enfants is an oil painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1890. It is currently in a private collection. It was displayed in the Salon of Paris in 1890, the year Bouguereau was President of the Société des Artistes Français.The painting features Greek mythological figures Cupid and Psyché, sharing an embrace and kiss.
Bouguereau was a Classical-style painter in the Neoclassical era of art. The painting is characterized by the frothy background the figures delicately stand on. It depicts the beginning of the forbidden romance of Cupid and Psyche, a popular subject at the time of execution.
One of the first virtual galleries on the Internet was the Web Museum. It placed the painting mistakenly as The First Kiss with the date 1873 instead of L'Amour et Psyche, enfants with the date 1890. If you see the image of the painting lower right you can see the date 1890 near the name of the author.
