# Historical Allegory

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WILLEBOIRTS BOSSCHAERT, Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 225 x 239 cm

## Commentary

The painting depicts Mars Receiving the Weapons from Venus and Vulcan. It is a historical allegory with probably Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, as Mars and Louisa Henrietta, Countess of Nassau, as Venus.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchant with Roemer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8/bacchant-with-roemer-r303f9e035ed5b1>)
- [Self-Portrait with Palette and Brushes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8/self-portrait-with-palette-and-brushes-r9b5ec9c18981d9>)
- [Triumph of Love and Beauty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8/triumph-of-love-and-beauty-rf3d4bb7bfb8df6>)
- [Venus and Cupid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8/venus-and-cupid-r0d674eb997e191>)
- [Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/willeboirts-bosschaert-thomas-r5360a09c512fd8/venus-mourning-the-death-of-adonis-re8dd7e7871bb10>)

## Attribution

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