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Mars, Venus and Eros
Engraver:
Date:
1508
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Engraving
Dimensions:
29.6 x 21.2 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.36311
Acquisition Date:
1963-04-09
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Nude Mars, seated on a rock near his shield and armor, reaches for the shoulder of Venus standing next to him hiolding a torch which Eros is trying to wrest away from her. Weapons lie on the grass in the foreground.
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St. Peter and St. John Healing the Cripple (16th century)
