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The Four Elements

Crispin van de Passe, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1564–1637)
Publisher: Crispin van de Passe, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1564–1637)
about 1600
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium

Medium/Technique Set of four engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number50.6.9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Crispin de Passe [about 1600?]

Catalogue Raisonné Franken 1134-1137; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, 528-531
Description(Antwerp: Crispin de Passe, [about 1600?]) Folio; four leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-8 and .10-.15 (Hoffmann album)

Roundel allegorical portraits of four elements (Air, Water, Earth, Fire), within decorative borders
ProvenanceFerdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)