Venus und Mars auf einem Bett liegend, links unten verbirgt sich Amor

Title

Venus und Mars auf einem Bett liegend, links unten verbirgt sich Amor

Draughtsman

• Bartholomäus Spranger ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• figure study

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• 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

• Venus
• Mars
• Cupid

Primary

• 92B423 Mars and Venus as lovers
• 31AA14(+2) human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure (+ back view)
• 41A421 curtains

Alternative Attribution

• Unknown, 16th century draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Bartholomäus Spranger inventor; by note on mount