Couples in Love from Antiquity – in the Sign of Cupid and Venus, c. 1630. Oil/cradled panel, Antwerp marks, signed D.o ffranck.In lower left. The present, previously unknown composition shows scenes of amours with a dramatic ending. While Cupid shoots his arrow at couples in the foreground, a couple can be seen in the center above making sacrifices in front of the temple of Venus in the hope of a happy ending of their love.