# Venus Showing Mars her Doves Making a Nest in his Helmet [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIEN, Joseph-Marie]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Venus Showing Mars her Doves Making a Nest in his Helmet 1768 Oil on canvas The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The choice of the subject of this painting was suggested by Diderot. The painting, sent to Russia without being exhibited at the Salon, was not a success, which angered Diderot. ## Related artworks - [Greek Maidens Adorning a Sleeping Cupid with Flowers]() - [La Marchande d'Amours]() - [Lover Crowning his Mistress]() - [Marcus Aurelius Distributing Bread to the People]() - [Portrait of the Architect Barthélemy Michel Hazan on Horseback in Mufti]() - [St Denis Preaching in Gaul]() - [The Sleeping Hermit]() - [Venus, Wounded by Diomedes, Is Saved by Iris]() - [Women in Classical Dress Attending a Young Bride]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()