BR36.1: Venus and Mars

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR36.1

People

Ottmar Elliger, German (Hamburg, Germany 1666 - 1735 St. Petersburg, Russia)

Title

Venus and Mars

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1725

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225996

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

59.7 x 73 cm (23 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Purchase

Accession Year

1936

Object Number

BR36.1

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Exhibition History

• German Rococo and Romanticism, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, 03/12/1977 - 05/01/1977
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/02/2009 - 10/12/2009
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/2010 - 10/09/2010
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 09/06/2011 - 10/01/2011

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