Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods"

1531–60

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17 x 12 cm)
Collection no.: 62.602.145(13)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giulio Bonasone. Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods". Giulio Bonasone; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Rogers Fund, 1962. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods" — Giulio Bonasone. 1531–60.

Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: sheet: 6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17 x 12 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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