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Italian school; second half of the 18th century."Venus and Mars".Oil on canvas.Re-tinted.It presents
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Italian school; second half of the 18th century.
"Venus and Mars".
Oil on canvas.
Re-tinted.
It presents restorations and repainting.
Measurements: 120 x 94,5 cm.
Formally, this work denotes certain influence of the Roman-Bolognese classicism, appreciable in the monumentality of the forms and the balanced sensuality, being endowed the figures with idealized faces and serene gestures. The Olympian gods Mars and Venus are recognisable from the voluptuousness of the woman and the military attire of the male figure. Their volumetric bodies are surrounded by graceful little lovebirds and two dogs. Draped gauze and silk, transparencies and glazes are delicately rendered. Although Venus was married to Hephaestus (the blacksmith god), Mars had been in love with her since he first saw her. According to the myth, every night, while Hephaestus worked at his forge, the two lovers would meet. This story is told by the aedo Demodocus in Homer's "Odyssey", who recounts that it was the sun god Helios who discovered the lovers one night when they lingered too long. The god then alerted Hephaistos, who was enraged and arranged over the bed a subtle invisible metal net, which only he himself could operate, and which had the power to immobilise even the gods. Thus he trapped the lovers on the next occasion, and then called the rest of the gods to witness the adultery, planning to humiliate them. Some commented on Aphrodite's beauty, others that they would have gladly exchanged themselves for Ares, but all mocked them. When the couple was released, Ares fled to his native Thrace and Aphrodite went to Cyprus.
"Venus and Mars".
Oil on canvas.
Re-tinted.
It presents restorations and repainting.
Measurements: 120 x 94,5 cm.
Formally, this work denotes certain influence of the Roman-Bolognese classicism, appreciable in the monumentality of the forms and the balanced sensuality, being endowed the figures with idealized faces and serene gestures. The Olympian gods Mars and Venus are recognisable from the voluptuousness of the woman and the military attire of the male figure. Their volumetric bodies are surrounded by graceful little lovebirds and two dogs. Draped gauze and silk, transparencies and glazes are delicately rendered. Although Venus was married to Hephaestus (the blacksmith god), Mars had been in love with her since he first saw her. According to the myth, every night, while Hephaestus worked at his forge, the two lovers would meet. This story is told by the aedo Demodocus in Homer's "Odyssey", who recounts that it was the sun god Helios who discovered the lovers one night when they lingered too long. The god then alerted Hephaistos, who was enraged and arranged over the bed a subtle invisible metal net, which only he himself could operate, and which had the power to immobilise even the gods. Thus he trapped the lovers on the next occasion, and then called the rest of the gods to witness the adultery, planning to humiliate them. Some commented on Aphrodite's beauty, others that they would have gladly exchanged themselves for Ares, but all mocked them. When the couple was released, Ares fled to his native Thrace and Aphrodite went to Cyprus.
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Italian school; second half of the 18th century.
"Venus and Mars".
Oil on canvas.
Re-tinted.
It presents restorations and repainting.
Measurements: 120 x 94,5 cm.
Formally, this work denotes certain influence of the Roman-Bolognese classicism, appreciable in the monumentality of the forms and the balanced sensuality, being endowed the figures with idealized faces and serene gestures. The Olympian gods Mars and Venus are recognisable from the voluptuousness of the woman and the military attire of the male figure. Their volumetric bodies are surrounded by graceful little lovebirds and two dogs. Draped gauze and silk, transparencies and glazes are delicately rendered. Although Venus was married to Hephaestus (the blacksmith god), Mars had been in love with her since he first saw her. According to the myth, every night, while Hephaestus worked at his forge, the two lovers would meet. This story is told by the aedo Demodocus in Homer's "Odyssey", who recounts that it was the sun god Helios who discovered the lovers one night when they lingered too long. The god then alerted Hephaistos, who was enraged and arranged over the bed a subtle invisible metal net, which only he himself could operate, and which had the power to immobilise even the gods. Thus he trapped the lovers on the next occasion, and then called the rest of the gods to witness the adultery, planning to humiliate them. Some commented on Aphrodite's beauty, others that they would have gladly exchanged themselves for Ares, but all mocked them. When the couple was released, Ares fled to his native Thrace and Aphrodite went to Cyprus.
"Venus and Mars".
Oil on canvas.
Re-tinted.
It presents restorations and repainting.
Measurements: 120 x 94,5 cm.
Formally, this work denotes certain influence of the Roman-Bolognese classicism, appreciable in the monumentality of the forms and the balanced sensuality, being endowed the figures with idealized faces and serene gestures. The Olympian gods Mars and Venus are recognisable from the voluptuousness of the woman and the military attire of the male figure. Their volumetric bodies are surrounded by graceful little lovebirds and two dogs. Draped gauze and silk, transparencies and glazes are delicately rendered. Although Venus was married to Hephaestus (the blacksmith god), Mars had been in love with her since he first saw her. According to the myth, every night, while Hephaestus worked at his forge, the two lovers would meet. This story is told by the aedo Demodocus in Homer's "Odyssey", who recounts that it was the sun god Helios who discovered the lovers one night when they lingered too long. The god then alerted Hephaistos, who was enraged and arranged over the bed a subtle invisible metal net, which only he himself could operate, and which had the power to immobilise even the gods. Thus he trapped the lovers on the next occasion, and then called the rest of the gods to witness the adultery, planning to humiliate them. Some commented on Aphrodite's beauty, others that they would have gladly exchanged themselves for Ares, but all mocked them. When the couple was released, Ares fled to his native Thrace and Aphrodite went to Cyprus.
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