Aeneas Receiving a New Set of Armour from Venus, Ferdinand Bol, 1660 - 1663 – (Ferdinand Bol) Previous Next


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Date: 1663

Size: 408 x 413 cm

Technique: Oil On Canvas

By intercession of Venus, Aeneas receives a new armor in the forge of Vulcanus. In the middle, the hero kneels before the goddess. A Cupid reaches the helmet, the other parts of the armor are in the front. Through the air, putti, one with a laurel wreath. On the left, four forges work above a fire. Part of a group of five works made for the house at Nieuwegracht 6 in Utrecht.

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