Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she turns her head toward Cupid, who stretches his body away from her, from "The Elements"
Giulio Carpioni
1640–60
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 4 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (10.7 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (13.9 × 18.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1858
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CannonsCupidVenusFire
About the Artist
Giulio Carpioni · 1613–1678
Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology