Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan is an oil on canvas painting made by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1630, while he was in Rome. It depicts a scene from Roman mythology in which the god Apollo arrives at the forge of Vulcan to tell him that his wife Venus is having an affair with Mars, and shows the ordinary craftsmen of the forge reacting with very human shock and dismay rather than as idealized classical figures. Measuring about 223 by 290 centimetres, the painting is considered one of the most successful mythological compositions by Velázquez for the natural, unified interaction of its figures, and it is held today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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completed after his first visit to Italy in 1629. Critics agree that the work should be dated to 1630
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The painting became part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, in Madrid, in 1819.
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Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (Spanish: Apolo en la Fragua de Vulcano), sometimes referred to as Vulcan's Forge, is an oil painting by Diego de Velázquez completed after his first visit to Italy in 1629. Critics agree that the work should be dated to 1630, the same year as his companion painting Joseph's Tunic.
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