Allegory of Fire: Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (London)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Allegory |
Date | 1610 |
Dimensions | 20 x 31 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | BRUEGHEL. 1610 |
Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #510 |
Location/Most Recent Sale | Paris, Bob Haboldt, exhibited TEFAF 2016 |
Series | 1601-1611 Elements |
Tags | Cosmology, Encyclopedic, Forge, Ruins, Watermill, Van Balen, Nude, Putti, Landscape, Armor |
Ertz (2008-10) speculates that this London painting of "Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)" is part of a series of the elements which Jan Brueghel painted between 16010-1611. See Also:
A loose variant attributed to Jan Brueghel the Elder ca. 1608 in Potsdam, Slot Neues Palais, gem. cat.