Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890, oil on canvas, 35 x 27 in., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

In Their Own Words: William Shakespeare

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

– William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Art Minute