PLATZER, Johann Georg
(b. 1704, St Paul in Eppan, d. 1761, St Michael in Eppan)

Allegory of Love

1740s
Oil on copper, 27 x 21 cm
Private collection

This painting is one of a pair, they depict one group in an interior and another in a garden. They treat one of Platzer's favourite themes: the pursuit of love. There are an abundance of allegorical clues in the paintings concerning sex, matrimony and infidelity.