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This is the first time it has left the gallery since its acquisition in 1874.
The artwork, which will be displayed at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, is one of 12 paintings from the National Gallery’s collection which are going on loan at 12 locations around the UK.
The paintings are going on display to mark the institution’s 200th birthday on Friday.
Venus and Mars, created around 1485, will be shown alongside other masterpieces of Italian art from the 15th and 16th Century from Fitzwilliam’s’ own collection.
These include Titian’s Venus and Cupid with a lute-player and Antico’s sculpture of the god Apollo.
Organisers say narratives of sex, nudity, intimacy, gender and power will be explored through the temporary display.
The paintings will be loaned for anywhere between two and four months. The final displays will be on September 10th 2024.
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StandfirstThe painting Venus and Mars by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli has left the National Gallery in London.
This is the first time it has left the gallery since its acquisition in 1874.
The artwork, which will be displayed at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, is one of 12 paintings from the National Gallery’s collection which are going on loan at 12 locations around the UK.
The paintings are going on display to mark the institution’s 200th birthday on Friday.
Venus and Mars, created around 1485, will be shown alongside other masterpieces of Italian art from the 15th and 16th Century from Fitzwilliam’s’ own collection.
These include Titian’s Venus and Cupid with a lute-player and Antico’s sculpture of the god Apollo.
Organisers say narratives of sex, nudity, intimacy, gender and power will be explored through the temporary display.
The paintings will be loaned for anywhere between two and four months. The final displays will be on September 10th 2024.
