Venus Ordering Armor from Vulcan for Aeneas
Date1770/1780
Object PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions55 1/2 inches × 75 inches (140.97 × 190.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III
Object number74.2
DescriptionVenus and a blindfolded Cupid float on a cloud above who holds a shield in his left hand, hammer in right. At lower left two putti play wiht armor and weapons. Lower right, a cyclops bends over below forge which is attended by a second cyclops.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Comte Raymond de Castellane, sale, Terris, Nice, March
5-9, 1934, no 49.
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641