Fire from a set of elements, after Hendrik Goltzius

An image of Stained glass panel. Fire from a Set of Elements. Unknown production, Flanders. After Goltzius, Hendrik, printmaker (Dutch, 1558-1617). Fire is shown as a full length, long-haired classical figure. He wears a cuirass-like tunic with short sleeves, short breeches with the right leg rolled up, and a billowing voluminous cloak. In his raised left hand he holds a flame and in his right, a grenade, shown as a sphere with four flames issuing from it. On the ground on the left there is a salamander in a fire, and on the right further back, a small crowd of robed figures and one kneeling before an altar with a flaming sacrifice on it, creating a pall of smoke. In an oval lead with a suspension loop at the top. Muff glass panel, decorated en grisaille with details etched with a needle, height, whole, 24.5 cm, diameter, whole, 18.5 cm, circa 1575-1630. Production Note: The figure was derived from a print by Goltzius, see Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 3, 1980, Le Feu from The Elements engraved by a student of Goltzius under his direction 'H. Goltzuis execudebat A.o 1586'.

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Stained glass panel. Fire from a Set of Elements. Unknown production, Flanders. After Goltzius, Hendrik, printmaker (Dutch, 1558-1617). Fire is shown as a full length, long-haired classical figure. He wears a cuirass-like tunic with short sleeves, short breeches with the right leg rolled up, and a billowing voluminous cloak. In his raised left hand he holds a flame and in his right, a grenade, shown as a sphere with four flames issuing from it. On the ground on the left there is a salamander in a fire, and on the right further back, a small crowd of robed figures and one kneeling before an altar with a flaming sacrifice on it, creating a pall of smoke. In an oval lead with a suspension loop at the top. Muff glass panel, decorated en grisaille with details etched with a needle, height, whole, 24.5 cm, diameter, whole, 18.5 cm, circa 1575-1630. Production Note: The figure was derived from a print by Goltzius, see Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 3, 1980, Le Feu from The Elements engraved by a student of Goltzius under his direction 'H. Goltzuis execudebat A.o 1586'.

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Accession Number: C.341-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 785 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 538.02kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1

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16th Century 17th Century armour cape cloak cuirass dragons elements etched etching figure fire Fitz_AA flames Flemish glass glassware grenade grisaille hair Hendrik Goltzius long hair long haired male oval painted panel reptiles salamander stained glass the four elements

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