Mars and Venus United by Love
Paolo Veronese, 1570
From €29Museum-quality print, also on canvas and framed.
Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
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About the work
- Artist
- Paolo Veronese
- Date
- 1570
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 205.7 x 161 cm (81 x 63 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Print up to
- 50 × 70 cm
- Reference
- XDV-3365
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at Venus's hand: she isn't caressing herself, she's pressing her own breast, and a drop of milk falls onto Mars below. Not an erotic gesture but a nourishing one. The Met reads it plainly: love civilizes, feeds, disarms. Mars wears no helmet, no sword, just rests his head like a child. But something stranger lies beneath the paint. An X-ray study showed Veronese changed his mind mid-process. The original Venus was partly draped, a cloth falling down her body. He later stripped her bare, perhaps so that single drop of milk could carry the whole argument. What made him reconsider so late in the game?
