Mars and Venus Caught in Vulcan’s Net (Octagonal Bronze Plaque)

Maker: Jacob Cornelisz Cobaert, Flemish (active Italy), c.1535–1615
After: Guglielmo della Porta, Italian, 1500/10–1577
Date: c.1516–77
Material: Bronze with gilding
made in: Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
Classification: Sculpture
Collection: European Art to 1800
Current Location: On View, Gallery 203
Dimensions: height, top to bottom: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
width, left to right: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
diagonal, upper left to lower right: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
diagonal, upper right to lower left: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 76:1945

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