Harvard Art Museums > 2002.292: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Joachim Wtewael) , 2002.292,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/293926. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.292 People Joachim Wtewael, Dutch (Utrecht, Netherlands 1566 - 1638 Utrecht, Netherlands) Title Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1606-1610 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/293926 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; patch: greenish gray wash, black chalk, brown ink, and a combination of darker brown ink and opaque watercolor to conceal join Dimensions 20.3 x 15.4 cm (8 x 6 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: mount, verso, right center, graphite: 5 [underlined] inscription: mount, verso, left center, graphite: Bartolomeo Spranger [underlined] inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: l. 15.4 / h. 20.3 inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: Ecole allemande? [crossed out] 16e siecle inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: (Mars et Venus) watermark: none visible Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private Collection, Europe. [Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 November, 1990, lot 54].[Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 November 13, 1995, lot 64], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase from the Kate, Maurice R., and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of James Cuno, Seymour Slive and William Robinson Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.292 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A small piece of the design has been filled in in the lower half of the figures of Mars and Venus, presumably by a modest collector. Publication History Anne W. Lowenthal, Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, Getty Museum Studies on Art (Malibu, CA, 1995), p. 21, fig. 19 Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1997), p. 276, under cat. no. 47 James Clifton, Liesbeth M. Helmus, Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Stijn Alsteens, and Anne W. Lowenthal, Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael, exh. cat., ed. James Clifton, Liesbeth M. Helmus, and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., 2015), p. 20, fig. 3 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
