Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog

Paolo Veronese, 1580, National Galleries Scotland

‘Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog’ is a work by Paolo Veronese (Italy, 1528–1588). It is dated 1580. It is part of the collection National Galleries Scotland. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 165 × 127 cm. The work belongs to the genres mythological painting and nude. The things depicted include Mars, Venus, Cupid, and man.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Paolo Veronese.

• Mannerism