Rubens mars minerva8/11/2023 ![]() LabelīAL21473 Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (Peace and War), 1629-30 (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) 203.5x298 cm National Gallery, London, UK Flemish, out of copyrightīAL21473 Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (Peace and War), 1629-30 (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) 203. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. This colossal statue of Mars from the second century CE depicts Mars in one of his common incarnationsa wizened male in full battle gear. Rubens' Mars in London By Sotheby's The recently announced Sir Peter Paul Rubens' Portrait of a Man as the God Mars, which will be offered in the upcoming Sotheby's New York Modern Evening Sale this May, is travelling for a special exhibition in London later this month. The work in this case is Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (‘Peace and War’), 162930, by Peter Paul Rubens (15771640). As Rome transitioned from city-state to empire and overtly embraced Greek cultural values, Mars lost his preeminent position in the Roman pantheon to Minerva, the goddess of tactical and strategic warfare. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. P20306 Summary This print is one of many etchings executed by the London-based artist Leon Kossoff in response to Old Master paintings from the National Gallery. 2 From the second century BC onward, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of strategic war. ![]() ![]() This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Minerva / mnrv / ( Latin: mnrwa Etruscan: Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. ![]()
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