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ID: 901000638
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000638
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Roman narrative)

Note: Narrative concerning Vulcan ensnaring his wife Venus and her lover Mars in a net; the other gods ridicule the adulterers.

Names:
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman narratives> (P)
............Mars and Venus (Roman narrative) (I)
................Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Roman narrative) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Venus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Venus (Roman deity)) [901001064]
actor is .... Mars
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Mars (Roman diety)) [901001031]
actor is .... Vulcan
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Vulcan (Roman deity)) [901000947]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... adultery
.....(personal and passive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Roman narrative)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92B4233 Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan ...
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188893
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/103/hendrick-goltzius-venus-and-mars-surprised-by-vulcan-dutch-1585-000000/

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