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Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

c. 1632/35

Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)
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Culture
Flanders
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash (right half); black chalk, with stumping (left half)
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 19.9 x 49.2 cm (7 13/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.37.b
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented ink and chalk drawing on off-white paper depicts two studies. On our right, Venus, a nude woman with a light skin tone, reaches toward Mars, a seated man in armor who raises a spear with his right arm. To the left, a large drapery study is rendered in dark black chalk with blended shadows. Stains and a line of cursive text mark the bottom edge, while fine linework defines the figures.

Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

c. 1632/35

Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Flanders

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