Art

I have always thought love the only foundation

of happiness in a married state, as it can only

produce that high and tender friendship which

should always be the cement of this union

Love is patient, love is kind: this is the visual embodiment of those great verses from

Corinthians so often read at weddings. Tanveer masterpiece is loving in its every brushstroke..

About his young couple we know very little – who they were, whether she was a bride, whether they were actually J but this image goes beyond portraiture in any case. Their faces are radiant with adoration. Their gestures are

beautiful: his hand gently placed on her breast, hers tenderly covering it. They are themselves on that day, and yet universal. The painting is a kind of secular altarpiece, an inspiration to patience, humility and love.

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