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A rectangular carved scene of men hammering on a shield while a woman and child look on.

Four nude men stand around a round disc, their arms raised holding hammers in different positions. At their feet there is a male torso which seems to be a piece of armor. To their left there is a chariot facing away from them. A nude woman sits in the chariot but turns towards the men with her hand to her chin, as though she is watching them work. There is a child at her feet who holds a helmet aloft. There are three stone arches behind them, past which a blazing fire, some trees, and some birds are visible.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1265
People
Unidentified Artist
After Alessandro Algardi, Italian (Bologna 1598 - 1654 Rome)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to C. Johann Mader, Austrian (1697 - 1761)
Title
Vulcan Forging the Arms of Aeneas
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
c. 1686
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229685

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
20.9 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 in.)
framed: 30.5 x 38 x 4.8 cm (12 x 14 15/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: back of frame, black paint, handwritten: 9[2?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1265
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 33, p. 21

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Tiepolo in Madrid: The Fogg "Aeneas" Sketch Investigated, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/06/1992 - 08/30/1992
  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 03/01/2025

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