Antique François Boucher Pastoral Fortune Teller Scene Lithograph Print 31"

Description

Vintage oil painting on linen titled Mars Being Disarmed by Venus, after Jacques Louis David. Gold resin scrolled pierced foliate and acanthus frame.

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus is the last painting produced by French artist Jacques-Louis David. He began the original in 1822 (aged 73) during his exile in Brussels and completed it three years later, before dying in an accident in 1825. The work combines idealization with elements of realism. Specifically, David integrated the idealized forms of mythological painting with a realist attention to detail. This combination of two seemingly incompatible principles also plays an important role in the themes of the painting, most notably in its treatment of masculinity and femininity.

David sent the painting from Brussels for exhibition in Paris, where Romanticism was ascendant in the Salon of 1824. The painting initially received a muted response from critics, but over time its reputation has grown. It is now displayed in the Oldmasters Museum (part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) in Brussels.

This example is from the late 20th century, ornately

Condition

Wear and distressing from age, discoloration, slight warping to print, gesso loss / crazing / splitting to crest, finish wear / loss to frame, not perfectly secured to frame, chip to glass behind frame.

Dimensions

22" x 0.75" x 31" (W x D x H)