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Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (Spanish: Apolo en la Fragua de Vulcano), sometimes referred to as Vulcan's Forge, is an oil painting by Diego de Velázquez completed after his first visit to Italy in 1629. Critics agree that the work should be dated to 1630, the same year as his companion painting Joseph's Tunic. It appears that neither of the ...
Apollo as Victor over Pan; Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan; B. The Battle Between Love and Chastity; The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and the Sibyl; C. Château en Espagne; D.
Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan: 1630 222 × 290 Museo del Prado, Madrid 42/44 Cabeza de Apolo: 1630 36 × 25 Private collection, New York City Considered a study for Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan. [16] 43/45 El Pabellón de Cleopatra-Ariadna: 1630 44.5 × 38.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid The dating of this painting and the next has been controversial.
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Devoid of narrative, the painting is an almost photographic capture of a single moment. Set in an ambiguous space, it forms a study in grays, blues and black, punctuated by the blazing red of heated metal. The composition is balanced by the complementary gestures of the figures. [2] Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan by Diego Velázquez, (1630).
14th century Goryeo painting of Ksitigarbha holding a cintamani. Cintamani (also Chintamani Stone), a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, equivalent to the philosopher's stone in Western alchemy. (Hindu mythology/Buddhist mythology) Kaustubha is a divine jewel or "Mani", which is in the possession of Vishnu. (Hindu ...
Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas (French: Les Forges de Vulcain) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter François Boucher, executed in 1757 and now in the Louvre in Paris. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He produced it as the basis for one of a set of tapestries on The Loves of the Gods . [ 2 ]