Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
Painting by Tintoretto
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan | |
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Italian: Amore, Venere e Marte | |
Artist | Jacopo Tintoretto |
Year | 1551–1552 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 135 cm × 198 cm (53 in × 78 in) |
Location | Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany |
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan or Venus, Vulcan and Mars is a 1551-1552 oil on canvas painting by Jacopo Tintoretto, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.[1][2]
The painting depicts a scene of extra-marital sex. The goddess Venus is lying nude on a couch whilst her lover Mars is hiding helmeted under a bed. Venus' husband Vulcan, tipped off by Apollo, has just returned unexpectedly and has become distracted by his wife's naked body, disregarding the warnings of his dog. Cupid is sleeping in a cot by the window.
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Tintoretto
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- Madonna and Child with Saints (1545–1546)
- Esther Before Ahasuerus (1546–1547)
- Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet (c. 1548)
- Visitation (Bologna) (c. 1550)
- Cain and Abel (c. 1550)
- Adam and Eve (c. 1550)
- Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo (c. 1550)
- Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1555)
- Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (c. 1555)
- Presentation of the Virgin (c. 1551–1556)
- Leda and the Swan (c. 1550–1560)
- Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (1551–1554)
- Presentation at the Temple (1554–1556)
- Saint Mark series (1548 or 1562–1566)
- Miracle of the Slave
- Finding of the Body of Saint Mark
- Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice
- Susanna and the Elders (1555–1556)
- Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark (1555–1556)
- Saint George and the Dragon (1555 or 1558)
- The Deliverance of Arsinoe (c. 1560)
- Portrait of Alvise Cornaro (c. 1560–1565)
- Crucifixion (1565)
- Finding of the Body of Saint Mark (1562–1566)
- Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice (1562–1566)
- Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredan (c. 1567–1570)
- Danaë (c. 1570)
- Christ at the Sea of Galilee (1570s)
- The Origin of the Milky Way (1575–1580)
- Bacchus, Venus and Ariadne (1576–1577)
- The Muses (1578)
- Baptism of Christ (c. 1580)
- The Vision of Saint Nicholas (c. 1582)
- Il Paradiso (1588)
- Self Portrait (1588)
- Visitation (Venice) (c. 1588)
- Last Supper (1592–1594)
- Fasti of the Gonzagas (1578–1580)
- Domenico Tintoretto (son)
- Marietta Robusti (daughter)
- Scuola Grande di San Rocco
- Judith and Holofernes (studio of Tintoretto) (c. 1577) (formerly attributed)
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