Allegory of Earth (Lyon)
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Allegory |
| Date | 1610 |
| Dimensions | 46 x 83 cm |
| Support | Panel |
| Medium | Oil |
| Signature | BRUEGHEL 1610 |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #491 |
| Location | Lyon, France |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts |
| Accession numbers | inv. #A 78 |
| Series | Lyon 1606-1611 Elements |
| Tags | Abundance, Cosmology, Animals, Castle, Church, Van Balen, Habsburg, Nude, Putti, Landscape, Fruit |
K. Ertz (2008-10) speculates that this Paris painting of "Allegory of Earth" is part of a series of the elements which Jan Brueghel painted between 16010-1611. See Also:
Werche says that an Allegory of Fire dated 1610 was with the present work at Berlin, Gallery van Diemen, in 1935; I don't know if that is the same work as the above London painting that Ertz now suggests as part of the series.
Variant sold at Christie's, New York, January 11, 1991, #77 (panel, 41.3 x 71.2 cm)