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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"
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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"

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 4 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (10.7 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (23 × 31.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Museum Accession, by exchange, 1967

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giulio Carpioni

1613–1678Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology