Le Songe d'Amour (Love's Dream)

Nicolas François Regnault after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

National Gallery of Art

This etching depicts several people among the clouds. In the center left, a reclining person rests on a low bed, swathed in fabric. Next to them, in the bottom left, a helmet with a white plume and a sword have been discarded. Above them and to the right, another person draped in white fabric is seated among clouds, holding a pitcher. They are surrounded by winged cherubs who play in the puffy clouds. One cherub appears to bring a lit torch to the sleeping figure, while another rests by the sword at their feet. Below, on a lower platform, there are two resting dogs. In the top left corner is a shape that appears to be a large column.