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