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Venus wounded by Diomedes is saved by Iris - Vien

Image series :
Date :
1775
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
159x204 cm

Description

Booklet from the 1775 Salon :

"By M. Vien, Professor.
3. [...]
4. Venus wounded by Diomedes at the Trojan War, Iris descends from Heaven to pull her from the battlefield, & Mars helps her into his Chariot to drive her to Olympus.
Painting 6 feet 6 inches wide, by 5 feet high. "

History :

2. Sale Comte Vincent Potocki, Paris (?), 1781, n°253.
Hôtel Rameau sale, Versailles, June 15, 1977, no. 48 (Mars and Venus)
Heim Gallery, London, 1981
Private collection, London.
Stair Sainty Matthiesen.
Acquired by the museum in 1986.

Indexed items :
Génie, dieu ou ange volant
Colombe
Cheval
Char
Textual Sources :
HOMIL05 Homère, Iliade, chant 5

Technical Data

Notice #001342

Image HD

Past ID :
A0661
Image editing :
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