anonim italian

About this artist

This anonymous Italian painter worked in the early Renaissance, filling small panels with lively scenes from Roman myths. In *Mars and Venus Trapped in Vulcan’s Net*, gods are tangled in a golden net while the other immortals watch—think cartoonish figures in bright robes against a flat gold background. The scene feels like a stage play frozen in paint. Tap *Mars and Venus Trapped in Vulcan’s Net* to get right up to the figures and see how the artist stacked the action in one plane.