Vulcan [Hephaestus]. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
11280i
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Description

He holds tongs and a hammer for iron-forging in his right hand and rests his left arm on a massive anvil

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad Templ. Pacis) : Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis cum priv. S. Pont, [between 1670 and 1679?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching

Lettering

Eq. Petrus Berettinus Corton. pinx. Florentiae in aedib. Sereniss. Magni Ducis Hetrur. in camera Iovis. Cornel Bloemart sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 11280i

Reproduction note

After: a painting by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Giove, Pitti Palace, in Florence

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