velazquez vulcan forge Dimensions (inches):37 x 47" currently on display at the

currently on display at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg

his most significant influence in this regard was the Italian master Titian

The painting was created in the artist's studio

a Dutch painter of the Flemish school

and brother Eugène

velazquez vulcan forge Dimensions (inches):37 x 47" currently on display at theThis is one of the most elaborate works and the first in which the painter addressed a mythological theme. The canvas depicts the Greek god Apollo visiting the forge run by the god Vulcan to inform him that Venus, his wife, has betrayed him with Mars, who is astonished by Apollo's words. The composition and finely achieved anatomical proportions are characteristic of the Italian school, learned by Velzquez during his stay in Rome. The painting was