Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Le triomphe de l'amour


This is the little treasure that I found today in the section with Flemish paintings in the Louvre. Usually I am not a great fan of Flemish painting from this epoche, but this one is an exception. That’s why it pays off to challenge yourself to also visit collections and sections that you think you'll not like. Some times you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

I think this would be the way it looks if small children go to heaven. They are transported to heaven by huge white birds and angels that are protecting them on a path of beauty, only to find an even more wonderful place at the end of the path. The picture is “Le Triomphe de l’Amour by Domenico Zampiera and Daniel Seghers. Believed to have been painted between 1625 – 1632.