Allegory of Air (Paris)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Allegory

Dimensions:

45 x 65 cm

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Support:

Copper

Signature:

Signed "BRUEGHEL 1621"

Location/Last Sold:

Paris, France, Musée du Louvre, inv. #1093

Collaborator:

Hendrick van Balen (1575-1632)

Collector/Patron:

Federico Borromeo (1564-1631)

Series:

1608-1621 Elements

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #505

Ertz 1979, #372

Honig database

Provenance

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1618	Ambrosiana, Milan	Donated by Cardinal Borromeo to Ambrosiana
1796	Paris, France	Seized by Napoleon's Troops, sent to Paris

Additional Information

Bibliography

Ertz 1979, cat. #372, fig. 447

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #505, pp. 1058-61

Rikken & Smith 2011

Ertz 1979, cat. #372, fig. 447

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #505, pp. 1058-61

Rikken/Smith 2011

Discussion

2 Comments

Elizabeth Honig

Sat, 2015-06-27 17:00

The Paris "Allegory of Air" is part of a series of the elements which Jan Brueghel painted between 1608-1621. See Also:

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Claudia Insenga

Thu, 2016-05-05 13:21

Letters to Borromeo, 19 April 1613. “di comandarmi un altro quadro per su servizio cioe l Elemento del aqua o del aria per accompagnare colli altri che VS lll.ma ha di mia mano” (Crivelli pg. 204).

Letters to Borromeo. 5 September 1621. “Enoni una cassa con il quadri de pittura ellemento del ario per mio Sig. et Pron Borromeo” (Crivelli pg.271.

Letter to Bianchi, 5 September 1621. “Enoni una cassa con il quadri de pittura ellemento del ario per mio Sig. et Pron Borromeo” (Crivelli, pg. 271).

Letter to Borromeo, 5 September 1621. “Lioitcelli, et animali son fatto ad vivo de alcuni delli sern,a Enfanto” (Crivelli, pg. 272.

Letter to Borromeo, 5 September 1621. “Io ho differit a posta d finire il quadro del ellemento del’ario commandatome da VS lll.m” (Crivelli, pg. 273).

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

Allegory of Air (Paris)

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	Milan, Ambrosiana Stolen by Napoleon's troops from Milan, sent to Paris in 1796.

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