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The Triumph of the Four Elements / Artist Unknown, Germany
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.37
- Title
- The Triumph of the Four Elements
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Renaissance
- Inscription
- Inscribed, within rectangle, bottom: Pino
- Inscribed, within rectangle, right c.: Pino Pino
- Dimensions
- 10.6 cm x 19.9 cm x 1 cm (4 3/16 in. x 7 13/16 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- bas-relief
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- casting
- Physical Description
- Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.
- Subject Matter
- This plaque depicts the Four Seasons, personified here by four female figures, riding in triumph on a horse-drawn wagon. This plaque would have originally embellished a box, lampstand, or some other small household object and would have provided it with a patina of humanist erudition
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- cargo vehicles
- cargo vehicles by form
- concepts in the arts
- earth sciences concepts
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- genres in the arts
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1079 x 735
- File Size
- 90 KB
- Record
- 1969/2.37
- Link to this Item
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"The Triumph of the Four Elements; Artist Unknown, Germany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.37/1969_2.37.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2024.
