(L’Embarquement pour Cythère)
On a mound in the foreground, under a group of trees on the right,
by a garlanded terminal figure of Venus, are seated a young woman
and a pilgrim; at their feet is Cupid, whose wings are covered by a
black cape. To the left a cavalier helps a young woman to rise from
the lawn. In the centre of the composition another pilgrim leads
away his partner, encircling her waist with his arm. On the left,
in the middle distance, is a procession of lovers in pairs moving
towards a gilt barge with a chimera at the prow and two semi-nude
rowers. Cupids are floating in the air above the barge. In the
background a lake surrounded by bluish mountains.
Painted in oil on canvas.