Jacopo Tintoretto
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, um 1555
Leinwand, 135 x 198 cm
Erworben 1925 aus dem Besitz von F. A. Kaulbach
Inv. Nr. 9257
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
The tale of Venus' adultery has been handed down from Homer's Odyssey and Ovid's Metamorphosis and recounted here - not without a touch of humor: Vulcan suspiciously checks his wife's bed, while the fully outfitted god of war has crept under a table and tries, unsuccessfully, to quiet the yapping dog.