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By Shelley Esaak, About.com Guide to Art History since 2003

Wordless Wednesday - Venus and Mars United by Love

Wednesday July 16, 2008
Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; used with permission hspace=
Venus and Mars United by Love, 1570s
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Which artist made this composition literally mimic its title? Click on the image to find out!)

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Comments

July 16, 2008 at 8:34 am
(1) NS Gill says:

Two little winged Cupids? It’s very sweet. From the title, I was expecting the couple to be tied up in the net.

July 16, 2008 at 8:56 am
(2) multiples says:

Aww, that Cupid! Always up to something!

July 16, 2008 at 10:03 am
(3) Nancy says:

Even the horse is involved…

July 16, 2008 at 11:13 am
(4) Phylameana says:

Lovely to see opposites smitten with one another. Magical potion on these cupids’ arrow.

July 16, 2008 at 11:50 am
(5) kathleen says:

Wow - what a lovely image. I could study this for a long time. Complex indeed.

July 16, 2008 at 12:59 pm
(6) Franny Syufy says:

Mars doesn’t look so warlike here, does he?

My WW is a little more prosaic.

July 16, 2008 at 10:32 pm
(7) Terri - Scandinavia Travel says:

Very interesting composition; I’m sure that art students can learn a lot from this piece.
Terri

July 16, 2008 at 11:15 pm
(8) Kallie / Asian History says:

The couple looks so happy… But what is Cupid #2 doing to the horse, exactly?! :-)

It’s a great image, one I’d never seen before. Thank you for sharing it with us!

July 17, 2008 at 3:26 am
(9) Stan says:

Those gods and goddesses were always getting together back then. Guess mere mortals wouldn’t do.

July 17, 2008 at 9:11 am
(10) Beth says:

I don’t know…I can’t get over the feeling that this is one *dysfunctional* relationship…. ;)

July 17, 2008 at 10:25 am
(11) Newlyweds Guide Francesca says:

Lovely image!

July 18, 2008 at 5:44 am
(12) s.jaspert says:

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