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The Element of Fire/Vulcan's Forge

Francesco Bassano the Youngerc.1585

Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, United States

Venus is seen combing her hair in Vulcan's smithy. Vulcan is in the process of forging one of Cupid's "love arrows" while Cupid is seen in the foreground playing with a dog. In the sky (background), Apollo is shown in a sun chariot drawn by dogs. A cyclops on the right prepares another arrow. Products of the blacksmith's art as well as tools litter the foreground. In the left rear, cyclops are tending the fire of a blast furnace, while a house is burning in the center background. A woman packs some of the smithy's wares in a sack

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Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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