Celebrating a 200-year-old love story 💕

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Feel the love this Valentine's Day

Get up close to our collection and discover the passionate stories behind our paintings, featuring famous lovers and bows and arrows.

First, celebrate the relationship of two Rubens masterpieces, as they prepare to reunite after 200 years.

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Love and arrows

From Cupid's bow to Odysseus's epic archery skills, discover the meaning of bows and arrows in art with Educator Carlo Corsato.

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Lovers in the collection

The warm harmonies of pink, red and brown beautifully illustrates 'The Scale of Love' between these two music lovers.

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In Titian's famous painting, Bacchus, god of wine, falls in love at first sight with Ariadne and leaps from his chariot towards her.

Classical love ›

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Image credits:
Detail from Peter Paul Rubens, 'The Rainbow Landscape', c.1636. © The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London
Love and punishment © The National Gallery, London
Detail from Jean-Antoine Watteau, 'The Scale of Love', probably 1717-8 © The National Gallery, London
Detail from Titian, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', 1520-3 © The National Gallery, London
Detail from Jan van Eyck, 'Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife', 1434 © The National Gallery, London