About the Artwork
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
mid-16th century
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Flemish
Unknown
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Overall: 144 × 160 inches (3 m 65.8 cm × 4 m 6.4 cm)
Tapestries
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of John Lord Booth and Virginia Booth Vogel
51.60
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Provenance
John Lord Booth and Virginia Booth Vogel
1951-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Asselberghs, J.-P. Les Tapisseries Flamandes aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Brussels, 1974, p. 25.
Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-Sept 1996, (mentioned in checklist) p. 74.
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Flemish, Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan, mid-16th century. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John Lord Booth and Virginia Booth Vogel, 51.60.
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