| Object type |
Painting |
| Genre |
Proverb |
| Date |
1562 |
| Dimensions |
117.4 x 162 cm |
| Support |
Panel |
| Medium |
Oil |
| Signature |
B .....L MDLXII [?] |
| Signature location |
Lower left |
| Attribution authorities |
Sellink, cat. #116: accepted., Accepted, c.1565-66. Tolnay 1935., Accepted, 1562?. Friedländer 1937., Accepted, 1562. Grossmann 1973., Accepted. Marijnissen 1988. |
| Location |
Antwerp, Belgium |
| Collection |
Museum Mayer van den Bergh |
| General Notes |
Carl van Mander mentions it in 1604 as forming part of the collection of German emperor, Rudolph II at Prague. It is probably to this picture that reference is made in a manuscript preserved at Skokloster Castle in Sweden, where mound the works to be found at the royal palace at Prague in 1647-48 is mentioned "A picture representing a fire, in which a female fury is seen surrounded by various monsters". The picture, in due course, passed from Prague into private collection in Sweden. In the nineteenth century it was in the Brogten Collection| thence it reached the Christian Hammer Collection in Stockholm where it hung with other works taken from Prague in the sack of the city. |
| Iconclass Code |
31D150, 33C1, 31A72 |
| Tags |
Death, Creatures, Bosch, Demons, Hell/Underworld, Household items |
| External resources |
Museum Mayer van den Bergh |
