What is the man doing in this picture?

[alpacinou]

Hello

Is there a verb to describe what the man doing in this picture?

I know he is holding her face and kissing her but is there a specific verb to describe holding the face in that manner? I remember once in a movie I heard an expression like cupping or something like that but I googled it and it was wrong.

 

[alpacinou]

I remember something like cupping face but I checked and there is no such expression.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's entirely possible to "cup someone's face" in your hands (in BrE) but I wouldn't say that's what he's doing in that picture.

 

[alpacinou]

It's entirely possible to "cup someone's face" in your hands (in BrE) but I wouldn't say that's what he's doing in that picture.

What would you say he is doing in this painting?

 

[Rover_KE]

I suppose you could say he's fondling her face, but her head's at such an unnatural angle he's in danger of breaking her neck.

 

[Tdol]

Would cradling apply here? It is an odd position.