Who painted “Venus and Mars”?

“Venus and Mars” was painted by Paolo Veronese in 1570s. Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Paolo Veronese: huge, sumptuous feasts and allegories in silvery light, rich Venetian costumes, architecture and crowds.

Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Wikipedia

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More by Paolo Veronese

“The Wedding at Cana”, 1562
“The Feast in the House of Levi”, 1573
“Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto”, 1571
“Allegory of Virtue and Vice”, 1565
“Allegory of Wisdom and Strength”, 1565
“The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine”, 1575
“Judith with the Head of Holofernes”, 1580
“Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish”, 1580