Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacopo Bassano

Title

Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1553–1592

Medium

Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on table at right, in black chalk: "1553"; recto, lower center on mount, in pen and brown ink: "Bassano"

Dimensions

37.6 × 22.8 cm (14 13/16 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5504

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