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
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 3/16 in. (10.5 × 15.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.331.4
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CannonsCupidVenusVulcan
About the Artist
Giulio Carpioni · 1613–1678
Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology