The Forge of Vulcan

ArtistAttributed to Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) b. 1518/1519, Venice; d. 1594, Venice

Datecirca 1544–1548

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/2 x 52 1/2 in. (77.5 x 133.4 cm)
Frame: 40 x 60 3/4 x 3 in. (101.6 x 154.3 x 7.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lunsford Long in memory of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberGL.56.15.2

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ProvenanceFriedrich (Fritz) von Friedländer-Fuld (1858-1917) collection, Silesia, before November 1919; sold Berlin, Rudolf Lepke, November 25-26, 1919, no. 52 [illustrated]; [sold to?] S. Ogdan Steinhardt, Paris and Berlin, by 1925; at Bode's request, on loan to Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin, before and after Akademie exhibition (1925); taken to Paris by Steinhardt, "after Hitler's advent" [according to Aram (letter to Valentiner of September 20, 1956]; [Steinhardt in New York by February, 1941]; probably sold by Steinhardt to [dealer] Siegfried Aram, New York and Los Angeles, by June, 1956; W. Lundsford Long, Warrenton, North Carolina, 1956; on loan to NCMA, 1956-1958; given to NCMA, 1958.

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