The Rite of Spring, 18th

A gouache painting mounted on panel depicts an idyllic garden scene with fruit trees laden with apples and oranges and a pond reminiscent of both French and Oriental gardens.

In the center, a group of cherubs frolic joyfully in a lush landscape.
They accompany a female figure draped in pink and blue, seated on a floating cloud, a classic symbol of a deity or a personification of Spring.