
Mars and Venus Preparing Themselves for the Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche
Catalogue
- Year
- 1781
- Dimensions
- 44.3 × 40.4 cm (17 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Painting
Johann August Nahl The Younger, German (1752–1825)
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1781
- Dimensions
- 44.3 × 40.4 cm (17 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1781-029965
Source
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





