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Mars
from The Seven Planets series
Medium
engraving
Measurements
4.3 × 2.9 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 116; Hollstein p. 74; Pauli 118 iv
Edition
4th of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 3 / MARS / (Zodiac sign for Mars)
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: HSB (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: (sign for Aries, the Ram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: (sign for Scorpio, the Scorpion)
Accession Number
1278.580-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) goat (genus) Mars (planet) personification planetary gods planets scorpion (order) zodiac symbols
Movements
Renaissance