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Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Artist



Alternative names	Joachim Uytewael, Joachim Uyttewael, Joachim Wtenwael, Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael, Joachim Wttewael, Joachim Tonisz. Wttewaal
Description	Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1566	1 August 1638
Location of birth/death	Utrecht	Utrecht
Work location	Padua (1586-1590), France (1590-1592), Utrecht (1592-1638)
Authority file	: Q541644 VIAF: 64878607 ISNI: 0000000066836776 ULAN: 500014644 LCCN: n87949911 WGA: w/wtewael/joachim WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

Vulcanus onthult het overspel van Mars en Venus

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Object type

painting

Genre

mythological painting

Depicted people

Venus
Mars

Date

1610

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

height: 18.2 cm (7.1 in); width: 13.5 cm (5.3 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Current location

room 2.3

Accession number

SK-C-1712

Place of creation

Utrecht

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.

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

Jo.Wte.wael.fecit 1610

the reverse stamped with an as yet unidentified mark bearing the initials 'WW'

References

Source/Photographer

1. Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5584786
2. RKDimages, Art-work number 235629

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

The author died in 1638, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
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