Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)
A brown wash drawing shows a seated woman in a flowing robe at left, bending toward a figure crouched at the lower edge beside a bellows-like shape. Behind her, a workshop interior with a bench, vessels, and a figure at a furnace.
- Artist
- Jacopo Bassano
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2540 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1592).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection