The Discovery of Mars and Venus / Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
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- Accession Number
- 1969/2.158
- Title
- The Discovery of Mars and Venus
- Artist
- Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1602-1621
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 1602-1621
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Lazio (region)
- Roma (province)
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lazio (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Roma (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm x 1 cm (5 in. x 5 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- casting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Secondary Object Type
- plaque
- Physical Description
- A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.
- Subject Matter
- This bronze plaquette depicts Vulcan, the god of fire in Greek and Roman mythology, springing a trap upon his wife Venus, whom he suspected of infidelity as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Vulcan sits at the left with an anvil between his legs and pulls a finely woven net to ensnare Venus who lays in the embrace of her lover Mars, the god of war. This plaquette comes from a series depicting episodes from the Metamorphoses that were created by Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert after drawings by Guglielmo della Porta.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1536 x 1024
- File Size
- 105 KB
- Record
- 1969/2.158
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"The Discovery of Mars and Venus; Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.158/1969_2.158.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
