# Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's Forge

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SCHMIDT, Martin Johann](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schmidt-martin-johann-rf95844237c3108>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 152 x 115 cm

## Commentary

At the height of his career Johann Martin Schmidt, called Kremser Schmidt, was honoured with membership in the Vienna Academy. On this occasion he submitted a reception piece comprising two loosely related mythological history paintings, Venus and Cupid in Vulcan&#39;s Forge, and The Judgment of King Midas between Apollo and Marsyas.

## Related artworks

- [Diana and Actaeon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schmidt-martin-johann-rf95844237c3108/diana-and-actaeon-rcd9698be5e4959>)
- [Saint Elizabeth Distributing Alms](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schmidt-martin-johann-rf95844237c3108/saint-elizabeth-distributing-alms-rda73561087bfea>)
- [The Judgment of King Midas between Apollo and Marsyas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schmidt-martin-johann-rf95844237c3108/the-judgment-of-king-midas-between-apollo-and-marsyas-r1dbe8dc58a3627>)
- [The Painter and his Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schmidt-martin-johann-rf95844237c3108/the-painter-and-his-family-r9aa5c58eb0ad51>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)