{"product_id":"venus-and-mars-ngal1603","title":"Venus and Mars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eSandro Botticelli (Italian, 1446 - 1510)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e27 1\/4\" x 68 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Gallery of Art, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(About 1485) \"Venus, the goddess of love, looks over at her lover Mars. She is alert and dignified, while he – the god of war – is utterly lost in sleep. He doesn‘t even notice the chubby satyr (half child, half goat) blowing a conch shell in his ear.\n\nThis picture was probably ordered to celebrate a marriage, and the unusual shape suggests it was a spalliera, a panel set into the wall of a room. These panels were ordered to decorate the semi-public reception room known as a camera (a sort of bedchamber).\n\nBotticelli’s picture is colourful and amusing but was also very fashionable – the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome were admired by the elite in Renaissance Florence. Mars’ well-defined body refers deliberately to ancient sculptures. It might have had another function: women gazing upon beautiful male bodies were thought to be more likely to give birth to boys, essential for continuing the family line.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/sandro-botticelli-venus-and-mars\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art London - Venus and Mars\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, London\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandro Botticelli","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":50509965983987,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (27 1\/4\" x 68 1\/4\")","offer_id":50509966016755,"sku":null,"price":2883.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (11 1\/4\" x 28 1\/8\")","offer_id":50509966049523,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (13 7\/8\" x 34 3\/4\")","offer_id":50509966082291,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (17\" x 42 1\/2\")","offer_id":50509966115059,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (21 7\/8\" x 54 3\/4\")","offer_id":50509966147827,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (26 1\/4\" x 65 5\/8\")","offer_id":50509966180595,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (31\" x 77 5\/8\")","offer_id":50509966213363,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (37 1\/8\" x 92 7\/8\")","offer_id":50509966246131,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/VenusandMars.jpg?v=1788818232","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/venus-and-mars-ngal1603","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}