The present painting from the studio of Rubens, is not a copy of a known composition, although it clearly displays a knowledge of the cycle of modelli and large cartoons made for a set of tapestries depicting the life of Achilles produced for his father-in-law Daniel Fourment in 1630-3. The figures of Thetis and Vulcan seem to relate to the figures in the tapestries and their designs, although there are differences (Thetis receiving the armour for Achilles from Vulcan in the Musée des Beaux Artes, Pau, and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam). The figure of the cupid echoes the pose of Achilles putting on a helmet in the Achilles amongst the daughters of Lycomedes in the Museo del Prado, Madrid and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

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Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
(Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Thetis receiving the armour for Achilles from Vulcan