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Mars Resting

c. 1638 to 1640

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The story

Velázquez painted this weary, mustached Mars for Philip IV's hunting lodge, the Torre de la Parada. The rumpled white sheet behind him may recall the bed where Vulcan trapped him with Venus in an iron net, leaving the god of war stunned and defeated.

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Object details

Title: Mars Resting
Artist: Diego Velázquez
Date: c. 1638 to 1640
Culture: Spanish
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid (P001208)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0973
Original image: 1544 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Diego Velázquez. Mars Resting. c. 1638 to 1640. Museo del Prado, Madrid (P001208). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0973/