All About Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces by Jacques-Louis David

Title of Artwork: “Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces”

Artwork by Jacques-Louis David

Year Created 1824

Summary of Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces

In his final work, Jacques-Louis David depicts Mars being disarmed by Venus. When he was in exile in Brussels in 1822, he started working on it and finished it three years later before he died of an accident in 1825, aged 73.

He sent it to Paris from exile, knowing that Romanticism had taken over the Salon at the time. On exhibit in the main hall of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, near the entrance to the museum.

All About Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces

Immense in stature at over three metres in height (almost ten feet). Venus the goddess of love and her servants, the three Graces and Cupid, are portrayed removing the weapons, helmet, shield, and armour of Mars the god of war from a floating temple in the skies.

He relinquishes control and succumbs to Venus’s seduction. In most cases, David used members of the Théâtre de la Monnaie as his models. Marie Lesueur, Lucien Petipa, a subscriber, and even the Prince of Orange’s mistress were all used to represent Venus, Cupid, and Mars, respectively.

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