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Mezzotint on paper of Mars and Venus from a series known as 'The Loves of the Gods', engraved and published by John Smith (1652-1743) in London in 1709. The prints are based on less modest and more tightly composed engravings by Jacopo Caraglio (1500-c.1565) after preparatory drawings by Perino del Vaga (1501-1547) and Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540) published in Rome c. 1527. They were copied from a series of leather wall-hangings, then thought to be by Titian (1489/90-1576), in the Titian Room at Blenheim Palace, destroyed by fire in 1861. Seated on a bed, Mars, god of war, embraces Venus, goddess of love, who is distracted by her own reflection. Their son, Cupid with his bow and quiver, reclines in the foreground. Mars wears his breastplate but his helmet has been removed and placed on the floor. In Caraglio’s version, Mars has already removed his breastplate and Venus, while still holding a mirror, pays more attention to her consort.
Mars & Venus
Wep 4178.62
Wep_4178_62
Western Prints and Drawings collection
Latin (language)
Approved Category 2017/Printed Material/Print/Intaglio Print/Engraving/Mezzotint
Approved Place 2018/Europe/United Kingdom/Great Britain/England/Greater London/London
Approved Place 2018/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma province/Rome
Approved Place 2018/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma province/Rome
Approved Place 2018/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma province/Rome
Mezzotint
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1708
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1708
1532
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Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Paper (material)
Ink (material)
444 mm x 307 mm (height x width)
Tabulæ novem coelo elaboratæ ad totidem Titiani archetypos
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Titian
Titian, formerly attributed to
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Smith, John
Smith, John
London
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Caraglio, Jacopo
Caraglio, Jacopo, after
Rome
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