Allegory of Water (Lyon)
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Allegory |
| Date | 1610 |
| Dimensions | 46 x 83 cm |
| Support | Panel |
| Medium | Oil |
| Signature | BRUEGHEL |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #495 Ertz 1979, p.373, footnote 579 |
| Location | Lyon, France |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts |
| Accession numbers | inv. #A76 |
| Series | Lyon 1606-1611 Elements |
| Tags | Cosmology, Animals, Birds, Fish, Van Balen, Habsburg, Pendant, Nude, Putti, Landscape |
The "Allegory of Water" was described in Leopold Wilhelm's inventory of 1659 (according to Garas 1968).
The Lyon "Allegory of Water" is part of a series of the elements Jan Brueghel painted between 1606-1611. See Also:
Copy on panel, 57.5 x 95.5, sig. & d. 1619, formerly art market Fred. Muller, Amsterdam, 11.ii.19 along with pendant of Earth. Very nice copy on panel, 45 x 82, formerly art market Paris, G. Stein, before 1938, also with pendant Earth. These could be workshop pieces.