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Vulcan and Aeolus, c.1490 (oil & tempera on canvas)

Vulcan and Aeolus, c.1490 (oil & tempera on canvas)
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Vulcan and Aeolus, c.1490 (oil & tempera on canvas)

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Cosimo, Piero di (c.1462-1521) / Italian

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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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oil and tempera on canvas

Date

c. 1490 AD (C15th AD)

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The scene has been interpreted in a number of ways, but is thought to represent the dawn of civilization, with man's discovery and utilization of fire (Vulcan, god of fire, at the anvil together with Aeolus, master of the winds, wit the bellows) and the domestication of animals (the unidentified youth astride a horse).

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