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The Four Elements
Crispin van de Passe, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1564–1637)
Publisher: 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
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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
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)