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Allegory of Earth (Paris)

Allegory of Earth (Paris)

Object type Painting
Genre Allegory
Date 1611
Dimensions 21 x 31.5 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL 1611
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #494
Ertz 1979, #247
Location/Most Recent Sale Paris, Bob Haboldt, 2016
Series 1601-1611 Elements
Tags Abundance, Cosmology, Animals, Castle, Van Balen, Nude, Putti, Landscape, Fruit
Jost 1963, p. 120
Ertz 1979, cat. #247
Antwerp exh. cat. 1998, fig. 73/74a, p. 228
Werche 2004, cat. #A.168, p. 201
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #494, p 1041, 1043
Aachen 1955, cat. #15
Cologne 1968, cat. #F3
London 1979, cat. #28
1935 Berlin Galerie van Diemen
1952 Munich (Probably Munich) Collection of Dr. Hubert Wilm
Dec 4 1952 to Dec 8 1952 Cologne Sale, Lempertz, Lot #1163
Feb 8 1971 London Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #40
1971 London Duits Gallery
1979 Scotland Acquired from Duits Collections
Jun 22 1990 Paris Ader Picard Tajan, lot #62
1990 to 2016 Private collection
Christine Quach
June 9, 2014

All other versions can be found on the Rome and Lyon Allegory of Earth.

Claudia Insenga
May 5, 2016

Letter to Borromeo, April 1606. “quel quader d animali” (Crivelli, pg. 65).

Letter to Borromeo, August 25th 1606. “quanta il quadro delli animali…” (Crivelli, pg. 73).

Letter to Borromeo, 4 July 1609. “gli doi paisetto per terra et aqua, poi che l’aria et fuoco sonne fatte con figurini nudi. Detta doi con glia tri farra farre di cornice belli, et io darra certa botte del pinello, che tornerane a Milano transformate. L aria et fuoco io spera aver finite questo mesa al agosto, et subito serra inviata” (Crivelli, pg. 73).

Letter to Borromeo, 23 January 1613. “che le mie fatiche fatten el quadro del paradise non saranno dispiacute VS ll.ma” (Crivelli, pg. 199).

Letter to Borromeo, 19 April 1613 “di server Su. S. lll.ma nel quadro di quel elemento che commanda si faccia, con ogni affettione et industria; per conto el paradise non ho da dir altro” (Crivelli, pg. 205).