Joachim Wtewael. Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan  -  Lowenthal, Anne W.

Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan

KORTE INHOUD

The Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) was a history painter especially admired for his astonishing small paintings on copper. The Getty's Museum's Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan is one of his finest works in this unusually demanding medium. Though only eight inches high, this Mannerist paintings contains eleven figures in three different spaces, captured in a dramatically complex moment from the famous story told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Another contribution to the Getty Museum Studies on Ar...
1995 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1995 Uitgever: Getty Museum - Studies on Art, Malibu, California, USA 84 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0892363045 ISBN-13: 9780892363049