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Marte e Venere legati da Amore

1570s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608
Questo dipinto, in cui Cupido lega Marte, il dio della guerra, a Venere con un nodo d’amore, celebra gli effetti educativi e civilizzanti dell’amore, come indicato dal latte che sgorga dal seno di Venere e dall’incatenamento del cavallo di Marte. All’inizio del Seicento, era appeso accanto ad altre scene mitologiche ed allegoriche eseguite dall’artista nella collezione di Rodolfo II, imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero a Praga. Questo è uno dei dipinti più noti del Veronese, creato quand’egli si trovava all’apice delle proprie capacità. Il pittore veneziano viene annoverato tra i più grandi maestri della luce e del colore e la sua opera ebbe un’influenza duratura sugli artisti successivi, da Annibale Carracci e Velázquez fino a Tiepolo.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Marte e Venere legati da Amore
  • Artista: Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), Italiano, 1528-1588
  • Data: 1570-80
  • Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tela
  • Dimensioni: 205,7 x 161 cm
  • Crediti: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910
  • Numero d'inventario: 10.189
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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