Allegory of Fire: Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Berlin)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Allegory |
Date | ca. 1611 |
Dimensions | 54 x 93 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #511 Ertz 1979, #252 |
Accession numbers | Formerly Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, inv. #678, burned in 1945 |
Tags | Cosmology, Encyclopedic, Forge, Ruins, Fire, Nude, Putti, Landscape, Armor |
This painting of the "Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)" of ca. 1611, formerly in the collection of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, is either a replica of the Lyon painting of 1606, or a variation after the Rome painting of ca. 1611. Please see:
Variations and Copies