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Ceiling painting depicting a cameo of the god (and planet) Mars surrounded by blue foliated scrollwork on a gold ground and flanked by a ram (representing the sign of the Zodiac Aries) and a scorpion (representing the sign of the Zodiac Scorpio).
This is one of eight border panels which frame a central ceiling panel, depicting Mercury and the Arts, in the Red Velvet Room at Chiswick House.
This is one of eight border panels which frame a central ceiling panel, depicting Mercury and the Arts, in the Red Velvet Room at Chiswick House.
Chiswick House
London
Title
Mars, Aries and Scorpio
Date
c.1729
Medium
oil on plaster
Accession number
88387006
Work type
Panel
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, Greater London W4 2RP England
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