Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

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Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan is a Mannerist mythological painting by Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael depicting the adulterous lovers Mars and Venus caught in a trap by Venus’s husband, Vulcan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist painting
mythological painting
painting
artisticStyle Mannerism NERFINISHED
basedOn Roman mythology
myth of Mars and Venus
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Joachim Wtewael NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Dutch
culture Dutch
depicts Mars NERFINISHED
Venus NERFINISHED
Vulcan NERFINISHED
adultery
trap
depictsCharacterRole Mars as lover of Venus
Venus as wife of Vulcan
Vulcan as husband of Venus
depictsEvent Vulcan catching Mars and Venus in a net
depictsPantheon Roman gods
genre mythological painting
hasTheme eroticism
humiliation
infidelity
marital betrayal
hasTitle Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject Mars and Venus caught by Vulcan NERFINISHED
movement Mannerism NERFINISHED
mythologicalFigure Mars NERFINISHED
Venus NERFINISHED
Vulcan NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus moment of discovery

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Joachim Wtewael notableWork Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan