Francois Boucher's Cupid a Captive.

This portrait called Cupid a Captive was painted by Francois Boucher. It was painted in 1754 and it is oil on canvas. Due to being favorite artist of Madame de Pompadour, Francois Boucher became famous in French painting. He achieved success due to his graceful painting of spiritual symbols and figures in narrow valley covered in pink and sky-blue light. The infant, cupid, and the females create a pyramid on cool, leafy background covered with draperies. The draperies covers and reveals the nudity of the cupid and the female figures. This mastery piece was created by a mixture of Italian and French Baroque devices such as crisscrossing diagonals, curvilinear lines, and recessions. Boucher portrays sensuality and playfulness at the same time. It is a vibrant and jovial Rococo painting style, which uses pastel colors.