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Mars and Venus
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Mars and Venus

Hendrick Goltzius
1588
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The story

While Mars and Venus lie together and cherubs flutter around the bed, Apollo drives his sun chariot past the window outside. Goltzius engraved it in 1588 after a design by Bartholomeus Spranger and dedicated it to Octavio Spinola.

Source, Rijksmuseum

Object details

Title
Mars and Venus
Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Date
1588
Culture
Dutch
Medium
Engraving
Object type
Prints
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line
Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain, CC0 (Met Open Access).
Object number
EFA.0078
Original image
1368 × 1835 px
Source record
View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence
See the license

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