Venus Ordering Armor for Aeneas at Vulcan's Forge

About the Artwork

Title Venus Ordering Armor for Aeneas at Vulcan's Forge

Artwork Date 18th or early 19th century

Artist Gaetano Gandolfi

Life Dates 1734-1802

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Pen and brown ink over black chalk

Dimensions Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches (21.3 × 14.9 cm) Framed: 19 × 15 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches (48.3 × 39.4 × 2.9 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Shelden in memory of Mrs. Allan Shelden III

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.239

Copyright Public Domain