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Painting of a bearded, muscular nude man at an anvil in a glowing forge, with a hammer and tongs nearby.

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A muscular, bearded man sits nude at an anvil, turning his head sharply toward the left while resting one hand on the metal surface. Fire glows behind him in the dark workshop, with a hammer and tongs lying nearby. The work is titled Vulcan in his Forge, by Pompeo Batoni, dated 1750.

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1750

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Public domain

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