This print is a faithful reproduction of a painting by Tintoretto that was part of a series of four paintings made in 1576 for the Atrium of the Doge's Palace in Venice. Agostino Carracci reproduced two of these canvases: the version with Minerva expelling Mars and the one with Mercury and the Three Graces (DeGrazia Bohlin 1979, p. 258 no. 148) mentions four states: I) with the engraver's monogram, followed by the date "1589" and the inventor's name; II) the date has been sanded off; the inventor's name has been rewritten with smaller letters; the commentary has been added; III) the inscription: "Valegio et Doino forma Venetia" has been added; IV) the printer's address has been sanded off; by now the intaglio is very worn.
| Artist |
Agostino Carracci
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Tintoretto
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| Title | Mars Dismissed by Minerva (Mars Driven Away From Peace and Abundance) |
| Date | 1589 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram in the depiction, at the bottom right: A.C. |
| inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Iacobus Tinctoretus pixit. | |
| inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Sapientia Martem depellente Pax et Abundantia cogaudent. | |
| inscription outside the depiction, right: [...] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-EK |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-EK |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6619/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
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31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 45A2 peace Iconclass 45C11(SPEAR) casting weapons: spear Iconclass 45C22 armour Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 51H42 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92B4 (story of) Mars (Ares) Iconclass 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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