Venus at the Forge of Vulcan

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Venus at the Forge of Vulcan

Louis Félix de La RueLinkedCulture matchlcp-752c75f8e2e0

Date
18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, and brown wash (bistre) with red chalk and traces of graphite
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
74635

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Venus, the goddess of love, descends on a cloud into the forge of Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking. This scene illustrates an episode from Virgil’s Aeneid in which Venus has come to collect the suit of armor she asked Vulcan to make for her son, Aeneas. Several putti on the left play with the finished product.

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Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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