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Jan Van De Velde Ii
Willem Buytewech (after)
Fire (Ignis) (1622)
engraving and etching
17.2 × 28.8 cm (image) 19.0 × 29.5 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Fire
(Ignis)
(1622)
plate 3 from the Four elements series
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
17.2 × 28.8 cm (image) 19.0 × 29.5 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 20 iii/v
Edition
3rd of 5 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Ignis alit mundrum Princeps et viribus acer / Orbis fræna suo temperat arbitrio.
printed in ink l.c.: IGNIS
printed in ink l.c.r.: Lucida flammifero locat ignis sydera Cælo, / Per quæ fæcundo cuncta calore fovet.
printed in ink l.r.: F. V. Velde. fec / WB (monogram) 3
Accession Number
1278.188.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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