Mars and Venus Surrounded by Nymphs and Putti / Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.86
- Title
- Mars and Venus Surrounded by Nymphs and Putti
- Artist
- Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1505-1565
- Medium and Support
- engraving on cream laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1530-1540
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Mannerist
- Inscription
- Engraving after drawing by Rosso (for Pietro Aretino?) in the Louvre.; watermark: Shield and flower (upper center; between putti and above head of Nymph who lifts bedding.) (not in Briquet)
- Dimensions
- 41.9 cm x 33.5 cm (16 1/2 in. x 13 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Physical Description
- The nude figures of four women, a man, a winged boy, and numerous putti stand in front of a curtained bed. The man stands near the center of the crowd and gasps, apparently in shock, as his jacket is pulled off by the young boy behind him. The woman seated on the bed beckons toward the man.
- Subject Matter
- Venus exposes and unmans the war god Mars in this print. The goddess of love, nude except for a girdle cinched around her torso, sits on a bed on the left with her back to us and raises her right hand to command that Mars be disrobed. The war god stands powerless before her as Cupid pulls off his shirt and putti toy with his armor and weapons. Stripped of the outward trappings of aggressive masculinity, the god’s vaunted maleness is revealed in its true, diminutive proportions. The Three Graces, goddesses of beauty, charm, and joy, crowd around Mars and Venus and witness the revelation.
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- design elements
- europe (continent)
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- figures (representations)
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- intaglio prints
- italy (nation)
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- veneto (region)
- venezia (province)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 953 x 1177
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 1985/1.86
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"Mars and Venus Surrounded by Nymphs and Putti; Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-1.86/1985_1.86.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
