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Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan

1630

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The story

Apollo has just told Vulcan that his wife Venus is sleeping with Mars, the very god whose armor the smith is forging. Velázquez took the scene from Ovid and painted it in Rome without a commission, in the house of the Spanish ambassador.

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Object details

Title: Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan
Artist: Diego Velázquez
Date: 1630
Culture: Spanish
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid (P001171)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0974
Original image: 2952 × 2293 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Diego Velázquez. Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan. 1630. Museo del Prado, Madrid (P001171). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0974/