Jacopo Tintoretto
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, gegen 1555
Leinwand, 135 x 198 cm
Erworben 1925 aus dem Besitz von F. A. Kaulbach
Inv. Nr. L 131
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.