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Title
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Marte en los brazos de Venus
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Description
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This image depicts the god Mars and Venus having an affair. They are depicted wrapped in each other's embrace as they are surrounded by winged cherubs. The sun god, who sees everything on Earth had seen Venus and Mars in bed together and told Venus’ husband Vulcan. In a jealous rage, Vulcan, the god of craftsmanship and fire, had created thin wires made from gold to fashion a net in order to trap the adulterers. It appears that two of the cherubs in the top right corner of the image are carrying the net that will catch Venus and Mars.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24959
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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mta_24959_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Venus
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Mars
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Vulcan
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Gods
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Affairs
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Goddesses
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Mythology