Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

Provenance

Robert Low [stamp (Lugt 2222), recto, lower center on mount, in purple]; sold,Sotheby's, London, June 30, 1910, part of lot 63 (as Bassano), to Maggs Bros., London. William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamps (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, and verso, center on mount, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount, in black].

Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

Jacopo Bassano

n.d.

Accession Number

7117

Medium

Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card

Dimensions

37.6 × 22.8 cm (14 13/16 × 9 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection