Allegory of Fire (Venus Visiting Vulcan)
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: François Boucher|Jacques Neilson|Jacques Germain Soufflot|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|George William Coventry, 6th earl of Coventry|Maurice Jacques
Artist bio: French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris|French, 1714–1788|French, Irancy 1713–1780 Paris|French, established 1662|Croome Court, Worcestershire, England|French, 1712–1784
Artist role: Designer|Maker|Designer|Manufactory|Patron|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French| |French
Date: designed 1758–67, woven 1764–71
Medium: Wool, silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9–10 per cm.)
Dimensions: 10 × 17 ft. (304.8 × 518.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Birds|Interiors|Infants|Venus|Vulcan