Fire: The Forge of Vulcan

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Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Allegory

Dimensions:

10.7 x 10.7 cm

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Copper

Signature:

160(6?)

Year:

ca. 1606

Location/Last Sold:

Private Collection

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #400

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Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Provenance

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Before 1931	London, England	Collection of E. M. Marr
Apr 24 1931	London, England	Sale, Christie's, Lot #155
Apr 11 1986	London, England	Sale, Christie's, Lot #68 (for 40,000 pounds)
Apr 4 1987	Monaco	Sale, Christie's, Lot #12
Dec 9 1988	London, England	Sale, Christie's, Lot #66
Before 1990	Düsseldorf, Germany	Gallery Lingenauber, inv. #15

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Bibliography

Essen/Vienna 1997, pp. 181-2

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #400

Antwerp/Essen/Vienna 1997, pp. 181-2

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #400

Exhibition History

Essen/Vienna 1997, cat. #42

Discussion

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Elizabeth Honig

Fri, 2014-02-28 16:00

Pendant to this painting shows the Rape of Ganymede as an allegory of "Air": Ertz 2008-10, cat. #504. This painting is an important transition piece between Jan's narrative infernal scenes and the later allegorical ones.

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	Collection of E. M. Marr, Hendon, London Christie's, London, July 24, 1931, #155 Christie's, London, April 11, 1986, #68 for 40,000 pounds Christie's, Monaco, April 4, 1987, #12 Christie's, London, December 9, 1988, #66 Gallery Lingenauber #15, Dusseldorf, before 1990

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