File:Joachim Wtewael - Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, 1610.jpg
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[edit]Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
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Dutch: Vulcanus onthult het overspel van Mars en Venus Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| Date | 1610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on copper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 18.2 cm (7.1 in); width: 13.5 cm (5.3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
room 2.3 |
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| Accession number |
SK-C-1712 |
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| Place of creation |
Utrecht |
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| Object history |
Jacob van der Lely, Councilman and Mayor of Delft; his sale, Jan de Groot, Delft, 5 April 1796, lot 28, as 'Mars en Venus door de Goden betrapt, zynde een Ordonnantie vol gewoel, extra konstig op koper geschilderd door J. Uytewaal, hoog 7 breed 5 duim' [][Mars and Venus, on a beautiful bed, lying in a lustful pose. On the side, one sees Vulcan in a pose about to throw the net he cast in metal over them. In the upper part of this scene all of Olympus is shown surprising them. In the foreground, Cupid, resting on one knee, is firing his arrow upwards to defend them. On the side, Mars's armour and Venus's toilet. Very allegorically painted, well-drawn, coloured and meticulously executed] (57 florins to Vervier). Paul-Jean Pletinckx, Brussels; his sale, Mastraeten, Brussels, 18 October 1826, lot 32, 'Mars et Venus surpris par les dieux; charmant tableau; par Joachim Untewael, 1610' (105 florins to Herris). Sir Charles Bagot (1781-1843); his sale, Christie's, London, 18 June 1836, lot 4, 'Utewaal, 1610, Mars and Venus -- on copper' (5 gns. to the following), with C. J. Nieuwenhuys, Paris. Maurice Abram de Zincourt (1836-1908), Nancy. Christie's London, Sale 5602, Lot 8. |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left: Jo.Wte.wael.fecit 1610
the reverse stamped with an as yet unidentified mark bearing the initials 'WW' |
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1. Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5584786 2. RKDimages, Art-work number 235629 |
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| 03:33, 17 December 2012 |  | 2,426 × 3,200 (900 KB) | Austriacus (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |artist={{Creator:Joachim Wtewael}} |title={{Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan}} |description= |date=1610 |medium={{Oil on copper}} |dimensions={{size|cm|18.2|13.5}} |institution= |location= |references= |object history=Jacob van der Lel... |
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