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''Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas'' (french: Les Forges de Vulcain) is an oil-on-canvas painting by François Boucher, executed in 1757 and now in the
Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
in Paris.Les forges de Vulcain ou Vulcain présentant à Vénus des armes pour Énée
Louvre collections He produced it as the basis for one of a set of tapestries on ''The Loves of the Gods''. It depicts the homely but muscular
Vulcan Vulcan may refer to: Mythology * Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home p ...
on the ground in the right, offering up to the more celestial
Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...
the weapons he has forged for her son
Aeneas In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons ...
.


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Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan ''Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan'' ( es, Apolo en la Fragua de Vulcano), sometimes referred to as ''Vulcan's Forge'', is an oil painting by Diego de Velázquez completed after his first visit to Italy in 1629. Critics agree that the work should b ...
'' (1630) by Diego Velázquez in the Prado Museum, Madrid *''Venus at the furnace of Vulcan'' (1710) by
Luigi Garzi Luigi Garzi (1638 – 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni. Biography Born in Pistoia. He started learning from a poorly known landscape painter, Salomo ...
at the Palazzo Buonaccorsi, Macerata


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{{18C-painting-stub 1757 paintings Paintings in the Louvre by French artists Mythological paintings by François Boucher category:Paintings of Venus Paintings based on the Aeneid Paintings of Vulcan (mythology)