In this romantic scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the sea god Glaucus pulls aside his beard to reveal Cupid's arrow in his chest and, gazing up, sees the maiden Scylla on a rocky cliff, declaring his love for her. Laurent de La Hyre depicted Glaucus rising from the sea with an elegant, curling white beard, a muscular torso, and a scaly tail unwinding among the reeds, while Scylla, clad in crumpled white and red drapery, gestures forward with Cupid poised behind her, ready to release another arrow. The painting, rich in soft pinks and delicate blues, was created as a design for a tapestry series woven by the Gobelins factories, depicting the loves of the gods.