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GODS AND MYTHS

Mars / With Venus / With Amor / In landscape or clouds
Mars / With Venus / Warned by Mercury
Mercury / Myths / Mercury warning Mars and Venus

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book V: Ulysses leaves Calypso, is shipwrecked and washed ashore the islands of the Phaeacians / vv. 43-149: Mercury is sent to Ortygia and commands Calypso to release Ulysses

Further details

also interpreted as Mars and Venus

Artist or creator

Lairesse, Gérard de (1640-1711)

Date

1680 (circa)

Location

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (inv. SK-A-212)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Photographer (analogue))

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Web resources

Rijksbureau voor kunsthistorische documentatie
Rijksmuseum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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