Paolo Veronese
Venus, Cupid and Mars
c. 1580-85165.2 x 126.5 cm
Oil on canvas
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Provenance
Duke of Lerma, La Ribera, near Valladolid
acquired by King Philip III of Spain, 1606
by inheritance to Philip IV, 1621
presented by him to Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles I), 1623
Commonwealth sale, 1649-51, bought by Jan Baptist Gaspars
Sampson Gideon, Belvedere House, Kent, by 1761
by descent at Belvedere House to Lord Eardley, Lord Sale and Sele, and Sir Culling Eardley
purchased for the Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 1859
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Other works by Paolo Veronese
The Baptism of Christ
c. 1580-85
c. 1580-85
Mars and Venus United by Love
mid 1570s
mid 1570s
Jupiter and a Nude
1560s
1560s
The Martyrdom and Last Communion of St. Lucy
c. 1582-88
c. 1582-88
Allegory of Music
1556-57
1556-57