L'Amour et Psyché, enfants is an oil painting executed by the French painter William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1890.

It was displayed in the Salon of Paris in 1890, the year Bouguereau was President of the Société des Artistes Français.

[1] The painting features Greek mythological figures Eros and Psyché, sharing an embrace and kiss.

It depicts the beginning of the forbidden romance of Cupid and Psyche, a popular subject at the time of execution.

The resurgence of interest in Classical Greek and Roman mythology of the mid-eighteenth century gave way for the renderings to the story of Cupid and Psyche.

Cupid, the Roman interpretation of Eros, is often portrayed as a fantastic, mischievous winged baby with a bow and arrow.

Bouguereau invokes whimsical elements of childhood and young love through the use of pastels and soft, velvety brushstrokes.

The painting is full of texture from the light fabrics, wispy golden hair, and smoothness of their skin.