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Cupid and Psyche as children - aka "The first Kiss" - painted 1889
by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
"In the story, Psyche is a beautiful princess of whom the goddess Venus
is jealous. In her rage she orders her son cupid to make Psyche fall in
love with a monster, but Cupid falls in love with her himself. After
several trials Cupid and Psyche make their plea to the gods who turn
Psyche into an immortal and allow them to be married in heaven (British
Library). In this painting Bouguereau was inspired to paint the two
lovers together as children. Demonstrating that fate its self had a hand
in there meeting. They were born to be together." (source)
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