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Allegory on marriage, with a woman dressed as Venus at left holding a crystal ball, Alfonso de Avalos dressed as Mars at center placing his left hand on her shoulder, Cupid and two other allegorical figures at right

1867
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegory on marriage, with a woman dressed as Venus at left holding a crystal ball, Alfonso de Avalos dressed as Mars at center placing his left hand on her shoulder, Cupid and two other allegorical figures at right
  • Artist: Jean Charles Thevenin (Italian, Rome 1819–1869 Rome)
  • Artist: After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
  • Printer: Chalcographie du Louvre
  • Date: 1867
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 20 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (52 × 42.3 cm)
    Sheet: 27 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (70.5 × 55.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alice C. Taft, Mrs. Marianna F. Taft, Miss Hope Smith, Mrs. Helen Bradley Head, and Brockholst M. Smith, 1945
  • Object Number: 45.78.48
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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