Art Institute of Chicago
Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)
After Jacopo Bassano
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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