The god Ares sits atop a rainbow in a miniature from the manuscript The Hague, KB, 74 G 27. He is dressed in medieval armor and wields a sword in his right hand. He wears a crown and carries a sceptre in his left hand as the supreme god of war. He excites the warriors, both infantry and mounted, on the left to dash bravely into the field of battle.

The manuscript The Hague, KB, 74 G 27 was possibly made for the Duke of Nemours, Jacques d'Armagnac. Later acquired as part of the Orange-Nassau collection of Dillenburg Castle in Germany, which was transferred to The Hague in 1821. On the other hand, the miniature is taken from “The Epistle of Othea” ("L'Épître Othéa"), a work by French poet and author Christine de Pisan (1363–1430). It is an allegorical story in the form of a letter written by Othea (goddess of wisdom and prudence) to the Trojan hero Hector. It narrates episodes from classical mythology in an effort to give them a greater spiritual and moral dimension.