Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right
Marcantonio Raimondi · 1508
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Marcantonio Raimondi's engraving, "Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right," was created in 1508. This print measures 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (29.8 x 20.9 cm).
The artwork is classified under Prints and is held in the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It entered the collection in 1917 as a gift from Henry Walters.
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