Love Betrayed, c.1880
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829 - 1908)
Watercolour on Paper on Board
BORGM 02039a
Image © Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum
Love Betrayed
Moving permanently to Florence in 1880, Stanhope fell completely under the sway of the early Italian Renaissance masters.
He developed an allegorical language of complex symbols; a blind cupid is about to fall through a gap in the bridge. Cupid has been duped either by false love or false hope. In the background, a bevy of cupids is seen falling down a cliff; their attempt to stave off disaster is futile.
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