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Object Type
print
Museum number
1891,0414.855
Description
Mars returning from war; landscape with the god on one knee in foreground, in armour and looking at Venus who sits at left and tries to takes his armour off, several putti helping her, one of them on horseback at right, a tree with two turtle-doves at far left; after Peter Paul Rubens Etching
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Published by:
A Van Hoorn
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1650-1700
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
406 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
460 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After an unknown painting by Rubens, probably lost (Rooses 703).
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(121.15)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Ares/Mars
Representation of:
Aphrodite/Venus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0414.855