Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods

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Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods, 1533. Engraving on paper.

Engraving on paper · Sheet (trimmed): 9.8 × 6.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502–c. 1561
Date: 1533
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 9.8 × 6.5 cm (3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1502–1561

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.