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National Treasures

Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'

At the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

From 10 May 2024

 

The Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is the lead partner of the spectacular collections of the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) and Botanic Garden.

From antiquity to the present day, the Fitzwilliam houses a world-renowned collection of over half a million beautiful works of art, masterpiece paintings, and historical artefacts.

Botticelli, 'Venus and Mars'

The Fitzwilliam Museum will display 'Venus and Mars' in their Octagon Gallery, alongside three major Italian Renaissance works in different media, asking questions about nudity and clothing, setting and viewership, sex and gender. 

NG200 National Treasures
As part of our Bicentenary celebrations, 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings are being lent to 12 venues across the UK.