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
Tags
CannonsCupidVenusFire
About the Artist
Giulio Carpioni · 1613–1678
Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology