1600
oil
copper
From the collection of Norton Simon Museum
Dominant colour
Mars and Venus is a 1600 oil by Cornelis van Haarlem, a Early Baroque Italian work, held at Norton Simon Museum.
This painting shows a scene with many figures, both clothed and naked. The central figures are a man and a woman, both naked, lying on a couch. The woman is on her back, and the man is leaning over her. There are other people around them, some clothed and some not. In the background, there are curtains and a dark wall. The painting has a lot of detail, with many colors and textures. The figures are all different, with their own expressions and poses. The overall mood of the painting is one of luxury and pleasure. The artist who painted this is Cornelis van Haarlem.
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (Dutch: ; 1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
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