Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, Design for a Sideboard Panel
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the scheme of an altar retable. Venus accompanied by Cupid and calling for the weapons of Aeneas at the forge of Vulcan is represented in the main panel. Allusions to a classical warrior abound in the decoration. The central part of the dado is shaped like a tub seen in perspective. Its main decoration consists of a relief of a warrior resting among his weapons, and served by putti. The decorations are in general corresponding but not symmetrical at left and at right.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-285
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black crayon, pen and black ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 45.8 x 31 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)