Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan - Paperback Greek So believed many of the

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In this volume are eight essays in English

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Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan - Paperback Greek So believed many of theAnne W. Lowenthal The Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael was a history painter especially admired for his astonishing small paintings on copper. The J. Paul Getty Museum's Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan is one of his finest works in this unusually demanding medium. Though only eight inches high, this Mannerist painting contains eleven figures in three different spaces, captured in a dramatically complex moment from the famous story told by Ovid in his