The naked Mars stands on a pedestal amidst an army as ruler of the arts of war. He holds a sword and halberd in his hands, a shield leans against his leg. Surrounding Mars are soldiers on foot and on horseback, in the foreground a drummer. In the sky we see the symbols of the constellations ram (left) and scorpion (right). The print is part of a series of seven representations called the planetary gods.
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Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Cornelius Schonaeus
Wikidata
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| Title | Mars |
| Date | 1596 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MV-2 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MV-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11705/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23O21
Aries (zodical sign of March)
Iconclass
23O42 Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October) Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45B51 military parade, pageant Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92B4 (story of) Mars (Ares) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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