Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan by BATONI, Pompeo

BATONI, Pompeo

(b. 1708, Lucca, d. 1787, Roma)

	Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan 1748 Oil on canvas, 99 x 74 cm Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
The two paintings, Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan, and its companion-piece Hercules at the Crossroads tend towards Neoclassicism in the way they strive for clarity in its narrative presentation.