Joachim Wtewael, 1608 - Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan - fine art print

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• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): The acrylic glass print, which is often described as a plexiglass print, will turn the original artwork into amazing home décor and offers a distinct alternative to dibond or canvas art prints. Your favorite work of art is manufactured with the help of state-of-the-art UV direct printing technology. This creates the image effect of and vivid colors.
• Poster print (canvas material): Our poster print is a UV printed cotton canvas with a granular surface finish. Please note, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin of something between 2-6cm round about the artwork, which facilitates the framing with a custom frame.
• Canvas: The canvas direct print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wooden frame. How can I hang a canvas on the wall? The great advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight. That means, it is easy to hang your Canvas print without any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suited for all types of walls.
• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): These are metal prints on aluminium dibond with an outstanding effect of depth - for a modern look and a non-reflective surface structure. For our Aluminium Dibond option, we print your favorite artpiece on the surface of the aluminum material. The white & bright parts of the original artwork shimmer with a silk gloss but without any glare. The colors of the print are luminous and bright in the highest definition, the details appear very clear. The UV print on aluminium is the most popular entry-level product and is an extremely modern way to display fine art prints, since it draws focus on the replica of the artwork.

Disclaimer: We try everythig possible to depict our products as accurately as possible and to showcase them visually in our shop. Nonetheless, the pigments of the print products and the printing may differ to a certain extent from the image on your monitor. Depending on the settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, not all color pigments will be printed as exactly as the digital version depicted here. In view of the fact that our are printed and processed by hand, there might also be slight differences in the size and exact position of the motif.

Original artwork specifications by The J. Paul Getty Museum (© - The J. Paul Getty Museum - The J. Paul Getty Museum)

In the Metamorphoses, the Roman author Ovid tells the story of how the lovers Venus and Mars were surprised by Venus's husband, Vulcan. Vulcan, a blacksmith, forged an invisible bronze net, which he secretly attached to Mars's bed. Here Vulcan stands upon Mars's armor, discarded at the right, while Cupid and Apollo hover above, drawing back the green canopy to reveal the astonished lovers in an embrace. Other gods and goddesses also gather to witness and mock the adulterous couple. In a scene beyond the bed, Vulcan hammers his net at the forge.

Exaggerated poses and brilliant, jewel-like color emphasize the dramatic intensity of the scene. The hard, metallic surface of the copper lends itself to highly finished and detailed pictures. Because of the erotic subject matter, the painting's early owners may have concealed the painting behind a curtain or in a drawer, which preserved its lustrous appearance.

In 1608 the Dutch painter Joachim Wtewael painted this artwork titled "Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan". Besides, the artwork forms part of the art collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. We are delighted to mention that the artpiece, which is part of the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.Also, the artpiece has the creditline: . What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter Joachim Wtewael was a European artist, whose art style was primarily Northern Renaissance. The artist was born in 1566 and passed away at the age of 72 in the year 1638.

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