The Four Elements. Air (Borromeo series) - Jan Brueghel the Elder
Image series :
Notice précédente Notice n°4 sur 4
Date :
1621
Type of image :
Peinture sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
45x65 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
Main number : INV 1093
Other inventory number: MR 594
Other inventory number: MR 594
Signed work
Work dated
Description
History :
- Signed and dated lower right: "Brueghel 1621".
- Belongs to a commission from Federico Borromeo, Cardinal of Milan. In October 1621, Brueghel was still working on L'Air, commissioned in 1613, unless it was L'Eau, and he wrote in February 1622 that he had finally shipped it to Milan (cf. Crivelli): the painting thus joins the other 3 in the series, delivered to Borromeo as early as before 1618, with no explanation for such a late delivery. Placed in the Palais de Saint-Cloud under the First Empire. The Louvre writes: "not taken over by Austria after 1815".
- Compare with the earlier version on canvas, preserved in Lyon.
Technical Data
Notice #025121
Image editing :
Image web
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Franck Raux
