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Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan (Met. IV: 169-189)

Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan (Met. IV: 169-189)

2590A
Artist
Bernard Salomon (1506-1561)
Title
Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan (Met. IV: 169-189)
Date
1557
Medium
Woodcut. Illustration to La Métamorphose d'Ovide Figurée. Published in Lyon by Jean Tournes (1505-1564) in 1557.
Photo Source
http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/ovidillust.htm
Note
As Rubem Amaral Jr. has pointed out (private communication), there are impressions of this engraving in which the erotic embrace of Venus and Mars has been obliterated.
Item
2590A
Correspondences
Archive: 2590A/2590B
Archive: 2590A/2590B