Fire, from The Four Elements / Jan van de Velde

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Accession Number: 1994/2.42
Title: Fire, from The Four Elements
Artist: Jan van de Velde
Artist Nationality: Dutch
Artist Life Dates: active 1593-1641
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on medium weight, slightly textured, off-white laid paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1620
Credit Line: Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Inscription: Signed in the plate, l.r. below image: "J.V. Velde.fecit." Inscribed in the plate, l.c. below image: "IGNIS"; l.l. below image: "Ignis alit mundum Princeps et viribus acer/Orbis fraena suo temperat arbitrio."; l.r. below image: "Lucida flammifero locat ignis sydera Caelo,/Per quae faecundo cuncta calore fovet."; l.r. below image: "WB 3" Verso, collector's mark stamped in purple ink, l.r.: AB in shield (Lugt 79b) Verso, inscribed in graphite, bottom center: "Fr.d. K. 136" Watermark: none visible.
Dimensions: 19.6 cm x 30 cm (7 11/16 in. x 11 13/16 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: cannonballs; cart; hats; night; standing; trees
Secondary Keywords: clothing; figures; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; time; transportation; vehicles
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1377 x 891
File Size: 177 KB
Record: 1994/2.42
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Full citation: "Fire, from The Four Elements; Jan van de Velde." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.42/1994_2.42.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.