What is Venus and Mars of Warsaw (Pittoni)?
{{Infobox painting | image=Pittoni_Venus_and_Mars.JPG | alt=See adjacent text. | image_size=250px | title=Venus and Mars | italic title=yes | other_language_1=Italian | other_title_1=Venere e Marte di Varsavia | other_language_2=French | other_title_2= | artist=[[Giambattista Pittoni]] | year=c. 1720-1730 | type=[[Oil painting|Oil]] on [[Canvas]] | imperial_unit = in <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | height_imperial=171 | width_imperial=130 | city=[[Warsaw]], Poland | museum=[[National Museum of Warsaw]]}} '''''Venus and Mars of Warsaw''''' (also known as '''''Venus and Mars''''') is a 18th-century [[portrait]] [[painting|painted]] in [[oil painting|oil]] by [[Giambattista Pittoni]], made around 1720-1730, during the [[Rococo]] in [[Venice]], [[Italy]], exhibited at the [[National Museum of Warsaw]] in Poland capital.<ref>[http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/scheda/opera/69167/Pittoni%20Giovanni%20Battista%2C%20Marte%20e%20Venere] Giambattista Pittoni «Pittoni Giovanni Battista, Marte e Venere», n. 67058, fondazionezeri.unibo.it</ref> == Description == Giovanni Battista Pittoni was the most important painter of the Venetian eighteenth century, his fame made him receive numerous orders from foreign collectors and from the royal families of the time. Pittoni's ''Venus and Mars of Warsaw'' painting is characterized by elegance, lightness, richness of bright colors and Rococo. Pittoni is a virtuoso in rendering the textures of objects and the structures of fabrics. His most precious works have within them representations of ''blue fabrics'', named as ''Blue Pittoni''. In the [[National Museum of Warsaw]], there are two paintings by the master Pittoni, which complement a pair (pendant), which complement each other in terms of composition and theme. The two works depict famous couples from ancient mythology: ''[[Bacchus and Ariadne of Warsaw (Pittoni)|Bacchus and Ariadne]]'' (inv. No. M. Ob.659) and' 'Mars and Venus'' (inv. No. 47099). The heroes of the pai