LAGRENÉE, Louis-Jean-François
(b. 1724, Paris, d. 1805, Paris)

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

1768
Oil on canvas, diameter 181 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This painting and its pendant Psyche Surprising the Sleeping Cupid were commissioned to decorate the bedroom of Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774), at the Château de Bellevue (near Paris).




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