Allegory of the Four Elements (Vienna)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Allegory

Dimensions:

42 x 71 cm

Medium:

Support:

Copper

Signature:

BRUEGHEL 1604

Year:

1604

Location/Last Sold:

Vienna, Austria, Kunsthistorisches Museum, inv. #815

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #518

Ertz 1979, #110

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Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

External Links

Object Page at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Website

Provenance

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Before 1615	Vienna, Austria	Probably in collection of Rudolf II
Until 1780		Wiener Kunstkammer of Hofburg
1780	Bratislava, Slovakia	Moved to Pressburger Schloss
1781	Vienna, Austria	Returned to the Belvedere Castle
18th century to 19th century		Christian von Mechel 178, #76
19th century		Eduard von Engerth 729
		GNR. 906 (Cat. #1906, #1928, #1938)

Additional Information

Bibliography

Ertz 1979, cat. #110, fig. 435

Werche 2004, cat. #A.128

Silver 2006, pp. 215-7, fig. 10.7

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #518

Faber Kolb 2005, 52-56

Ertz 1979, cat. #110, fig. 435

Werche 2004, cat. #A.128

Silver 2006, pp. 215-7, fig. 10.7

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #518

Exhibition History

Brussels 1980, cat. #124

Essen 1997, cat. #77

Phoenix 1999, cat. #8f

Discussion

2 Comments

Elizabeth Honig

Fri, 2013-04-19 17:00

Two closely related versions both in Madrid, one fully autograph by both painters (Ertz 1979 #300), the other a collaboration with Jan the Younger. Both are considerably larger and painted on panel.

Faber Kolb argues that this painting of 1604, the year that Jan Brueghel travelled to Prague, was probably made for Rudolf II in whose collection it was by 1615 according to the inventory of his goods to be inherited by Albert and Isabella (De Maeyer p.317); Faber Kolb 2005, pp. 52 & 55.

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Christine Quach

Mon, 2014-06-09 17:00

Variants: Christie's New York, January 11, 1979 (panel, 61 x 92.5 cm); Koetser Gallery, London, 1958, #16 (panel, 61 x 104 cm).

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

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