# Venus in the Forge of Vulcan

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOULLOGNE, Louis the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 152 x 172 cm

## Commentary

This composition was originally part of a series of four paintings depicting the Elements, known from engravings. However, the whereabouts of the paintings on which the prints were based is today unknown. Due to the success of the engravings, Boullogne revisited his earlier project and painted the present second version of Venus in the Forge of Vulcan a number of years later.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Golden Calf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/adoration-of-the-golden-calf-r06e75e7e1fa0ed>)
- [Conversion of St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/conversion-of-st-paul-r578740c43a5d73>)
- [Earth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/earth-r38ad55f795fb21>)
- [Joseph in Prison](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/joseph-in-prison-rdc95dc5ddaa34e>)
- [Nessus and Dejanira](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/nessus-and-dejanira-rb3193cd10d6428>)
- [Thalia and Erato, Muses of Comedy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/thalia-and-erato-muses-of-comedy-rf9fa6fac064032>)
- [Venus Commanding Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/venus-commanding-vulcan-to-make-arms-for-aeneas-r601ac7890ef15f>)

## Attribution

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