Jan Brueghel (I)

Object category

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 Brueghel (I), Allegorie van de lucht (een van de vier elementen): Aurora met velerlei vogels. In de lucht Helios met zijn zonnewagen (part of a series)
Jan Brueghel (I), Allegorie van de aarde (een van de vier elementen): Ceres en de overvloedige oogst van de herfst in een boslandschap (part of a series)
Jan Brueghel (I), Allegorie van het water (een van de vier elementen): een riviergodin met watervogels, amfibieën en vissen. In de achtergrond Neptunus en zijn najaden en tritonen (part of a series)

onderdeel van een reeks van vier

Support/medium

panel, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 46 x 83 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed and dated lower left: BRVEGHEL. / 1606

Current attribution: Jan Brueghel (I)

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.: dated 1606 (1606)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Allegorie van het vuur (een van de vier elementen): Venus in de smidse van Vulcanus
English title: Allegory of Fire: Venus in the Forge of Vulcan
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: Greek mythology, fire (classical element), forging, allegory, volcanic eruption, studio (work space), blacksmith, weapon (fight)
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)
94F8321
Thetis in Vulcan's forge asking a new armour for Achilles

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

Collection(s)

private collection Leopold Wilhelm (Archduke of Austria), Brussels/Vienna
1659 -
private collection Leopold I of Austria (Holy Roman Emperor), Vienna/Prague
placed in Stalburg
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon , inv./cat.nr A 75
1811 - seized by the French forces from Castle Belvedere in 1809, sent to Lyon in 1811as property of the French state

Literature

Buijs/Berge-Gerbaud/Durey 1991 , no. 8, ill.

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001237959)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001237942)
, Original location BD/RKD/0318 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000013824)

Project: Gerson Digital : Austria

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Creation date: 1998-01-29; Last modified date: 2023-09-21

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