ID: 700007393 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007393	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace (Mars et Vénus, allégorie sur la Paix) (oil painting (visual work); Louis Jean François Lagrenée (French painter, 1725-18...; 1770; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 97.PA.65; )

Note: Mars, the god of War, throws back the rich green bed curtains that frame this Allegory of Peace. Echoing the lovers' bliss, a pair of white doves, symbolizing Peace, build a nest in Mars's helmet.

Titles:

Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace (Mars et Vénus, allégorie sur la Paix) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

allegory (literary genre) [300202507]

..... (Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1770

Creator Display:

Louis Jean François Lagrenée (French painter, 1725-1805) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Lagrenée, Louis Jean François (French painter, 1725-1805) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500015042]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 97.PA.65

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Framed [outer dim]: 85.2 x 74.3 x 5.1 cm (33 9/16 x 29 1/4 x 2 in.); Unframed: 64.8 x 54 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	peace [300260027]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	nudes (representations) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	doves (Columbidae) [300250045]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Columbiformes (order), Columbidae (family)) (AAT)

	Mars [901001031]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Venus [901001064]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	eroticism [300249821]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Lower left, inscibed, "L. Lagrenée 1770"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace (Mars et Vénus, allégorie sur la Paix)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	..... Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-) accessed 13 February 2014