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{{Painting| image_file=Venus and Mars.jpg
| title=Venus and Mars
| artist=Sandro Botticelli
| year=1483
| type=Tempera on panel
| height=69
| width=173
| museum=National Gallery, London}}

'''''Venus and Mars''''' is a painting by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] master [[Sandro BotticelliNicholas Rhodes]], [[1483]]. 

The painting deals with an amorous victory. A grove of [[myrtle]] trees, the tree of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], forms the backdrop to the two gods who are lying opposite each other on a meadow. Venus is clothed and is attentively keeping watch over [[Mars]] as he sleeps. The god of war has taken off his armor and is lying naked on his red cloak; all he is wearing is a white loin cloth.

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Given that its theme is love, this painting was possibly also commissioned on the occasion of a wedding. In this way it should exemplify the theories of the philosopher [[Marsilio Ficino]], according to whom the exortatotions to virtues are more welcomed if expressed through pleasant images.

[[Category:Botticelli paintings]]
[[Category:Collections of the National Gallery, London]]

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