# Mars

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bossuit-francis-van-r9b13a4ae9c79b8/mars-r28ee3d60112bdc>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BOSSUIT, Francis van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bossuit-francis-van-r9b13a4ae9c79b8>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Ivory, height 44 cm

## Commentary

Originally this statue had a pendant, now lost, representing Venus. This is the largest and only surviving free-standing ivory by Francis van Bossuit. This statue was published as a work by Van Bossuit as early as 1727 in Matthys Pool&#39;s &#39;Beeld-snyders Kunst-kabinet&#39;. This work, an early example of an art book in several languages, is devoted entirely to the work of the ivory carver. It contains more than 100 engravings reproducing a considerable part of Van Bossuit&#39;s oeuvre. The prints, made after the drawings by Barent Graat, show the master&#39;s ivory, wooden, and terracotta statues from different angles.

## Related artworks

- [Judith with the Head of Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bossuit-francis-van-r9b13a4ae9c79b8/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-r6dead8cd3352f1>)
- [Venus and Adonis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bossuit-francis-van-r9b13a4ae9c79b8/venus-and-adonis-rb7be088ac3df21>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)