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
Artwork Details
- 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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