Photographs

Mars

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1879
Accession number: 2000.5.2797
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 3 5/16 x 2 1/16 in. (8.4 x 5.2 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Male figure, seated on bank of clouds, in armor, sword held in right hand with tip of blade resting on right shoulder, holding shield embellished with head of eagle in left hand. Wolf bitch between his legs striding right, scorpion to right of shield. Female figure, right hand outstretched, left hand raised to shade eyes, seated on bank of clouds. Scroll above inscribed: "STELLA / MARTUTINA". Twin doorway openings behind. Scroll at upper left inscribed: "MARS TERREUS".
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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