L'inoculation de l'amour

Noël Le Mire after Jean-Michel Moreau

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts three figures in a room: two women and one man. The man is partially seated on the bed, leaning forward towards one of the women who is partially reclined on the bed. He is dressed in elaborate 18th-century attire. The woman whose hand he is kissing wears an ornate gown, and the third figure, another woman, stands by the bed with one hand placed on the seated woman's arm. The room is elegantly furnished with heavy curtains, a decorative chair, and a table with glass bottles. The background features intricately paneled walls.