Sandro Botticelli

Venus and Mars

US$ 537.00

Venus lies awake and composed while Mars sleeps sprawled and defenceless beside her, small satyrs playing with his discarded armour and blowing a conch shell in his ear without waking him. The picture was almost certainly made as a backboard for a chest or bench in a Florentine bedroom. Love disarming war is the point, made with an unusually light touch.

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Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) worked for the Medici circle in Florence and painted mythological subjects with a linear grace that set him apart from the more sculptural Florentine mainstream. He fell under Savonarola’s influence late in life and his output narrowed sharply. Almost forgotten for three centuries, he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites and Ruskin in the nineteenth.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 54 × 22 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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