velazquez vulcan forge Dimensions (inches):37 x 47" The brushstrokes

The brushstrokes

and brother Eugène

by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

a Dutch painter of the Flemish school

The painting Expectation by Gustav Klimt

velazquez vulcan forge Dimensions (inches):37 x 47" The brushstrokesThis is one of the most elaborate works and the first in which the painter addressed a mythological theme. The canvas depicts the Greek god Apollo visiting the forge run by the god Vulcan to inform him that Venus, his wife, has betrayed him with Mars, who is astonished by Apollo's words. The composition and finely achieved anatomical proportions are characteristic of the Italian school, learned by Velzquez during his stay in Rome. The painting was