Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Mars and Venus
Alternate Title:
Marte e Venere
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9248
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 45-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
99 cm (height) x 90 cm (width)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity); Venus (Roman deity); Mars; Ares
Description:
This fresco gave the house where it was found (in 1820) its name, the House of Mars and Venus ((Casa di Marte e Venere also known as the Casa delle Nozze di Ercole (House of the Wedding of Hercules), VII.9.47) in Pompeii. Mars raises the blue mantle of Venus, to admire her nudity accentuated by a gold chain. The painting follows the common convention in portraying the male with a darker complexion. Two cupids (amoretti) play with Mars' weapons. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-MAV-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Mars and Venus