# Vulcan Forges Arrows for Cupid

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TIARINI, Alessandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiarini-alessandro-r31bf7a21efe948>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 218 x 181 cm

## Commentary

This painting was attributed to Lodovico Carracci until 1996 when it was ascribed to another artist, Alessandro Tiarini, also from Bologna but younger by a generation. The influence of Lodovico&#39;s works on Tiarini can be seen in his ability to give even a mythical story an earthly, believable, and even everyday tone, which emerges in the familiar naturalness of gestures, poses, and sentiments.

## Related artworks

- [Holy Family with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiarini-alessandro-r31bf7a21efe948/holy-family-with-saints-r10cb0c98273a72>)
- [The Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiarini-alessandro-r31bf7a21efe948/the-death-of-the-virgin-r7b1b430452a8f1>)

## Attribution

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