# Venus, Mars, and Cupid \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PIERO DI COSIMO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Poplar panel

## Commentary

Making love, not war, has exhausted Mars. He is literally disarmed as well as stripped by and for passion as putti toy with his armour in the background. Lovebirds and turtledoves coo nearby.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/adoration-of-the-child-r913ce62004c8a6>)
- [Allegory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/allegory-r664c5bedf1424f>)
- [Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/battle-of-lapiths-and-centaurs-r44ec1bd6f85da4>)
- [Forest Fire \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/forest-fire-detail-r734b52a78af2cc>)
- [Forest Fire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/forest-fire-r12a43b3d08f080>)
- [Giuliano da Sangallo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/giuliano-da-sangallo-r6b4124810d2407>)
- [Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/holy-family-with-the-young-st-john-the-baptist-r0d873f22465e03>)
- [Hunting Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/hunting-scene-rfd8ed06b83ff81>)
- [Immaculate Conception with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/immaculate-conception-with-saints-r4f18991445dc16>)
- [Incarnation of Jesus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/incarnation-of-jesus-detail-rd1fb80725fde69>)
- [Incarnation of Jesus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/incarnation-of-jesus-rde0aaa01d3e11c>)
- [Madonna and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piero-di-cosimo-rf2493ef8122f53/madonna-and-sleeping-christ-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r41aa55a738f455>)

## Attribution

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