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Joan Huydecoper and Sophia Coymans as Mars and Venus
Rombout Verhulst1656
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venus helps her lover Mars, who has returned from battle, remove his harness. These statuettes were probably
a wedding gift for Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1625-1704) and Sophia Coymans (1636-1714), who married
in 1656. Like his father, Joan served several times as mayor of Amsterdam. ‘Mars and Venus’ is a subtle allusion to
‘Maarsseveen’, the name of the family’s estate, which was added to their surname.
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Details
- Title: Joan Huydecoper and Sophia Coymans as Mars and Venus
- Creator: Verhulst, Rombout
- Date Created: 1656
- Physical Dimensions: terracotta
- Subject Keywords: Coymans, Sophia
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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