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'''''Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas''''' ({{lang-fr|Les Forges de Vulcain}}) is an oil-on-canvas painting by [[François Boucher]], executed in 1757 and now in the [[Louvre]] in Paris.<ref>{{Base Joconde|000PE000196}}</ref><ref name=louvre>[https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010060479 Les forges de Vulcain ou Vulcain présentant à Vénus des armes pour Énée], Louvre collections</ref> He produced it as the basis for one of a set of tapestries on ''The Loves of the Gods''.<ref name=louvre/> It depicts the homely but muscular [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]] on the ground in the right, offering up to the more celestial [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] the weapons he has forged for her son [[Aeneas]]. |
'''''Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas''''' ({{lang-fr|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.<ref>{{Base Joconde|000PE000196}}</ref><ref name=louvre>[https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010060479 Les forges de Vulcain ou Vulcain présentant à Vénus des armes pour Énée], Louvre collections</ref> He produced it as the basis for one of a set of tapestries on ''The Loves of the Gods''.<ref name=louvre/>It is in the [[Rococo]] style and depicts the homely but muscular [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]] on the ground in the right, offering up to the more celestial [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] the weapons he has forged for her son [[Aeneas]]. |
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| Artist | François Boucher |
| Year | 1757 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 320 cm × 320 cm (130 in × 130 in) |
| Location | Louvre, Paris |
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] It is in the Rococo style and depicts the homely but muscular Vulcan on the ground in the right, offering up to the more celestial Venus the weapons he has forged for her son Aeneas.
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