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Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace

1770

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The story

Mars draws back the green bed curtains to gaze at the sleeping Venus, his sword and shield dropped on the floor, while a pair of white doves nests in his helmet. Lagrenée turned the lovers' affair into an allegory of peace, with love disarming war.

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Object details

Title: Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace
Artist: Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
Date: 1770
Culture: Not recorded
Medium
Object type: Other
Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (97.PA.65)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0777
Original image: 2517 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace. 1770. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (97.PA.65). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0777/