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    "title": "Venus at the Forge of Vulcan",
    "description": "Venus, the goddess of love, descends on a cloud into the forge of Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking. This scene illustrates an episode from Virgil’s <em>Aeneid </em>in which Venus has come to collect the suit of armor she asked Vulcan to make for her son, Aeneas. Several putti on the left play with the finished product.",
    "date": "18th century",
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    "tec": "Pen and brown ink, and brown wash (bistre) with red chalk and traces of graphite",
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