Every Day a Painting for June 29, 2026

Cupid with the Wheel of Time (1515–1520)

Titian

Oil on Canvas. Venetian, Renaissance.

Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century

Cupid labors against a rolling wheel, apparently trying to stop its momentum. The space around him is energized by a wind that blows his drapery. The scene is made somber by the dark, cloudy backgroun…

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