Jan Lievens

Illustration number 1000314238
Dimensions: 450x650 pixels
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Illustration number 0000000845
Dimensions: 409x650 pixels
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Illustration number 0000000846
Dimensions: 421x650 pixels
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Object information

Object category

painting

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a series

Jan Lievens, De Vier Elementen: De Aarde (part of a series)
Jan Lievens, De Vier Elementen: De Lucht (part of a series)
Jan Lievens, De Vier Elementen: Het Water (part of a series)

Support/medium

panel, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (portrait format) 83.5 x 60 cm

Current attribution: Jan Lievens

Bron: E. Haverkamp Begemann

Klessman 1979
Rejected attribution: Karel van Mander (III)
: Gerard van Honthorst

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1624 (1624)

volgens catalogus Ch. Roelofsz, Amsterdam 1989

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De Vier Elementen: Het Vuur
English title: The Four Elements: The Fire
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: allegory, one human figure, young man, fire (element), half-length, blowing
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 21C
fire (one of the four elements)

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

variant of
Jan Lievens, Jongen die een fakkel aansteekt, allegorie van het zicht

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Kjeld Thor Tage Otto baron Reedtz-Thott, Gavnø Castle
als Gerard Honthorst
private collection Axel Gustav Tage baron Reedtz-Thott, Gavnø Castle
Als Karel van Mander III
- 1976-07-09
art dealer S. Nijstad, Lochem/The Hague
art dealer Charles Roelofsz, Amsterdam
In cat. 1989
1989 - 1993
Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich/Zollikon , inv./cat.nr M 1993/1, M 1994/1-3
1993 - 1994
Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel (Hessen) , inv./cat.nr GK 1205
1994 -

Auction(s)

Christie's, Londen (Engeland), Lord Belper e.a., 1976-07-09, lotnr. 119, afb. zwart-witreproductie
Contributor: Reedtz-Thott

Geveild als Karel van Mander III

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Jan Lievens : ein Maler im Schatten Rembrandts Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , Braunschweig , 1979-09-06 - 1979-11-11 , nrs. 2-5
Een stuckie stilleggend goet Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal , Leiden (city) , 1985-11-16 - 1986-01-05
Der junge Rembrandt : Rätsel um seine Anfänge Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Staatliche Museen Kassel , Kassel (Hessen) , 2001-11-03 - 2002-01-27 , cat. no. 72

Literature

Lange 1876 , p. 31-22, no. 80 , als Gerard Honthorst
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , 1929, XXIII p. 608 (als K. van Mander III)
Klessmann 1979 , cat. nrs. 2-5
Sumowski 1983-1994 , vol. 3, p. 1789, nr 1216

G. Schwartz, in: Catalogus kunsthandel Nystad Oude Kunst, Den Haag 1983 (ongepagineerd)
L.J. Slatkes in: Simiolus 12 (1983-84), p. 176
B. Schnackenburg, Gesamtkatalog Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Kassel, Mainz 1995, dl. I p. 171, dl. II pl. 115
Ch. Tümpel, Rembrandt, Mythos und Methode, mit Beiträge von Astrid Tümpel, Antwerpen/Königsberg i.Taunus 1986, p. 24, 27
R. van Straten, Rembrandts Leidse Tijd, 1606-1632, Leiden 2005, p.40-41, afb. 29

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1000314238)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0000000845)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0000000846)

Project: Gerson Digital : Denmark
Gerson Digital : Germany

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