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| Keywords: Joachim Wtewael - Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, 1610.jpg Artwork Creator Joachim Wtewael 1610 Oil on copper cm 18 2 13 5 object history Jacob van der Lely Councilman and Mayor of Delft; his sale Jan de Groot Delft 5 April 1796 lot 28 as 'Mars en Venus door de Goden betrapt zynde een Ordonnantie vol gewoel extra konstig op koper geschilderd door J Uytewaal hoog 7 breed 5 duim' Mars and Venus on a beautiful bed lying in a lustful pose On the side one sees Vulcan in a pose about to throw the net he cast in metal over them In the upper part of this scene all of Olympus is shown surprising them In the foreground Cupid resting on one knee is firing his arrow upwards to defend them On the side Mars's armour and Venus's toilet Very allegorically painted well-drawn coloured and meticulously executed 57 florins to Vervier Paul-Jean Pletinckx Brussels; his sale Mastraeten Brussels 18 October 1826 lot 32 'Mars et Venus surpris par les dieux; charmant tableau; par Joachim Untewael 1610' 105 florins to Herris Sir Charles Bagot 1781-1843 ; his sale Christie's London 18 June 1836 lot 4 'Utewaal 1610 Mars and Venus -- on copper' 5 gns to the following with C J Nieuwenhuys Paris Maurice Abram de Zincourt 1836-1908 Nancy Christie's London Sale 5602 Lot 8 exhibition history credit line signed bottom left Jo Wte wael fecit 1610 the reverse stamped with an as yet unidentified mark bearing the initials 'WW' accession number http //www christies com/lotfinder/paintings/joachim-anthonisz-wtewael-mars-and-venus-surprised-5584786-details aspx Christie's PD-old-100-1923 1638 Mars and Venus Surprised by Joachim Wtewael 1610 paintings Hephaestus traps Ares and Aphrodite Oil on copper 17th-century paintings location missing Green curtains in art Paintings with years of production artist Paintings with signatures lower left | ||||
