# Mars and Venus

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607/mars-and-venus-ra899282f77e88b>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [SERGEL, Johan Tobias](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

In 1767 the Swedish artist was granted a state scholarship to Rome, where he made numerous terracottas on myhtological themes and developed his own Neoclassical style in contact with artists from so many other countries.

## Related artworks

- [Diomedes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607/diomedes-r8070ac6d632c3c>)
- [King Gustavus III of Sweden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607/king-gustavus-iii-of-sweden-r4eaa8d179e2709>)
- [Plunging into Despair](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607/plunging-into-despair-r51115b23829df7>)
- [The Drunken Faun](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sergel-johan-tobias-reb2baead271607/the-drunken-faun-rcd7aa33831a8fc>)

## Attribution

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