Mars kneeling in front of Venus (?)

Title

Mars kneeling in front of Venus (?)

Draughtsman

• Pieter Tanjé

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): P Tanjé fec.

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Wappen und Schriftzug [Fragment]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Mars
• Venus

Primary

• 92B423 Mars and Venus as lovers
• 31A234(+32) squatting, crouching figure (+ right side visible; right - (r. hand, r. foot, etc.))
• 45C22 armour
• 45C19(SHIELD) protective weapons: shield
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'