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OriginalVenus and Mars (c. 1845); The goddess of love, Venus, has exhausted her lover, the god of war, Mars. She, still awake, watches him, exhausted and asleep and stripped of his armour and weapons: love conquers all. So tired is he, that the satyrs haver stolen his lance – and no explanation is needed as to the loss of his second phallic weapon!
Original National Gallery scan
Reason
A great image of a painting by one of the great of the masters of the Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli
Articles in which this image appears
Mars and Venus (Botticelli), Themes in Italian Renaissance painting, 1500–50 in Western European fashion, Sandro Botticelli + 2 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Sandro Botticelli

Promoted File:Venus and Mars National Gallery.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:38, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]