# Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WTEWAEL, Joachim](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 40 x 56 cm

## Commentary

Four other versions of the subject on copper by Wtewael are known. While substantially larger than these four other known versions, the present version differs most markedly from them in its horizontal format, and in the greater subtlety of its subject.

## Related artworks

- [Charity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/charity-r5a99faa39bdd38>)
- [Charity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/charity-ra5d7c6cd9b2ab2>)
- [Danaë](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/dana-r2e6e89783af318>)
- [Kitchen Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/kitchen-scene-r116d8f8af5c498>)
- [Lot and his Daughters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/lot-and-his-daughters-rd991e3b6e81c49>)
- [Mars and Venus Discovered by the Gods](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/mars-and-venus-discovered-by-the-gods-r155d6f02c59099>)
- [Perseus and Andromeda](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/perseus-and-andromeda-r33a5a21aece3b6>)
- [Peter Wtewael](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/peter-wtewael-r5c652c66a8a451>)
- [Portrait of Eva Wtewael](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/portrait-of-eva-wtewael-rbf6684cd59f6e1>)
- [The Battle Between the Gods and the Titans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/the-battle-between-the-gods-and-the-titans-r94c4a99e1afa1a>)
- [The Golden Age \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/the-golden-age-detail-rb2b660731cd179>)
- [The Golden Age](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wtewael-joachim-r919b344d6ba976/the-golden-age-racf6e5f27b1648>)

## Attribution

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