Lot Essay
After one of the original series of The Four Elements, dated 1611, in the Doria-Pamphili Gallery, Rome, with figures by Hendrik van Balen (cf. K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625), 1979, no. 251)
Details
School of JAN BRUEGHEL, the Elder (1568-1625)
An Allegory of Fire: Venus at the Forge of Vulcan
inscribed with numbers at a later date--oil on canvas
21½ x 37½in. (54.6x 95.3cm.)
An Allegory of Fire: Venus at the Forge of Vulcan
inscribed with numbers at a later date--oil on canvas
21½ x 37½in. (54.6x 95.3cm.)
Provenance
Bashford Dean, New York, from whom acquired by the museum in 1929
Literature
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, I, p. 20; III, p. 366, illustrated, as Flemish, late XVII century
W. Liedtke, Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984, I, p. 21; II, pl. 12, as a copy after Jan Brueghel I, late XVII century
W. Liedtke, Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984, I, p. 21; II, pl. 12, as a copy after Jan Brueghel I, late XVII century