File:Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Fire - WGA0825.jpg
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[edit]Giuseppe Arcimboldo: The allegory of Fire
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German: Feuer  Fire |
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painting |
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allegory |
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| Description |
Español: Elemento de la antigüedad English: From the series series representing the Four Elements.The allegory of Fire combines objects that are related to fire. The cheek is formed by a large firestone, the neck and chin are formed by a burning candle and an oil lamp, the nose and ear are contoured by firesteels; a blond moustache is formed by a crossed bundle of wood shavings for kindling, the eye is an extinguished candle stub, the forehead area is a wound-up fuse, the hair of the head forms a crown of blazing logs. The breast is composed of fire weapons: mortar and canon barrels together with the respective gunpowder shovel and a pistol barrel. Prominently positioned in the picture is the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, beneath which the imperial double-eagle can be seen: a clear reference to the Habsburg House and the beneficiary of the series, Emperor Maximilian II. |
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| Date | 1566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | lime | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 66.5 cm (26.1 in); width: 51 cm (20 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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GG_1585 |
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| Object history | für Kaiser Maximilian gemalt (?); aus der Kunstkammer Rudolfs II; 1748 in der Wiener Schatzkammer; ab 1830 in der Gemäldegalerie | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signature bottom right: Joesphus Arcimboldus Mlnensis. F.
[Joesphus Arcimboldus Mlnensis. Fecit.] [made by Joesphus Arcimboldus Mlnensis]Title and date verso: IGNIS 1566
[fire 1566] |
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English: Fire and Water are in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Earth is now in a Viennese private collection. Air has been lost and only exists in copies. |
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank. |
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Web Gallery of Art:  Image  Info about artwork |
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