Painting, French -- 18th century;Vulcan (Roman deity);Venus (Roman deity);Putti;Clouds;Shields;Swords;Helmets;Armor;Forges;Bow and arrow;Quill;Iron;Workers;Doves;Aeneas (Legendary character);Mythology, Classical
Remarks: Similar oil sketch is in collection of Yale University Art Gallery, no. 1959.33, Venus in the Workshop of Vulcan, 1757, oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Germany; World War, 1939-1945--Art and the War; Art treasures in war; Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany); Doves; Putti; Figures -- Nude -- Female; Cupid (Roman deity); Venus (Roman deity)
Destroyed February 13-14 during three allied bombing raids on Dresden or in subsequent fires.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war; Art treasures in war; Goddesses, Greek; Gods, Greek; Swans; Dogs; Adonis (Greek deity); Venus (Roman deity)
One of around 417 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum deposited in the Friedrichshain flak tower, or Flakturm, for safekeeping. The painting is presumed to have been destroyed when the tower was burned in May of 1945.
Prints, British -- 17th century;Venus (Roman deity);Cupid (Roman deity);Mythology, Classical
Title Notes: after Odoardo Fialetti, Italian, 1573-1638
Remarks: A same-direction copy of an etching by Odoardo Fialetti [Illus. B.10 (268)] from The Sport of Love, with the addition of a dolphin fountain at left and additional foliage at...
