WILLEBOIRTS BOSSCHAERT, Thomas
(b. 1614, Bergen op Zoom, d. 1654, Antwerpen)

Historical Allegory

1644
Oil on canvas, 225 x 239 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The painting depicts Mars Receiving the Weapons from Venus and Vulcan. It is a historical allegory with probably Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, as Mars and Louisa Henrietta, Countess of Nassau, as Venus.




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