The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus
After the painting by Rubens and Brueghel in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus
- Artist and publisher: Jean Jacques Avril, the Elder (French, Paris 1744–1831 Paris)
- Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
- Artist: After Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1778
- Medium: Engraving; second state of two (Dutuit)
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 15/16 in. × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.7662
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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