Mythological

Caravaggio’s "Amor Vincit Omnia" or “Love Conquers All” shows a life-size Cupid, completely nude, set against a deep, almost black background. He’s not a sweet idealized cherub but a wiry adolescent boy with tousled hair, dark eagle wings and a crooked, knowing grin.

The painting "Cupid and Psyche" by Jacopo Zucchi represents decisive moment when Psyche, driven by curiosity and peer pressure, decides to learn the identity of the mysterious lover, Cupid, who visits her every day at sunset without showing his face.

Sandro Botticelli's "Spring (Primavera)" depicts figures from classical mythology in an orange grove with hundreds of plant and flower species.

Sandro Botticelli's "The birth of Venus" depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, having emerged nude and fully-grown from the sea, as the classical mythology had it.