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Etched print of a man carrying a jug and a woman in a flowing dress holding a flame, walking beside a tree and a cart wheel.

Allegory of the Four Elements - Fire

An etching and engraving on laid paper shows a man with a water jug and a woman in a flowing gown walking through a leafy landscape beside a wooden cart wheel. A ruined building and a tree frame the scene, while the woman raises a torch-like flame toward the sky. The composition is delicate and finely hatched.

Artist
Jacopo Amigoni
Date
1739-1752
Medium
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2927 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1752).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Alegoría de los cuatro elementos - Fuego

Un grabado al aguafuerte y buril sobre papel vergé muestra a un hombre con una jarra de agua y a una mujer con un vestido ondulante caminando por un paisaje arbolado junto a una rueda de carreta de madera. Un edificio en ruinas y un árbol enmarcan la escena, mientras la mujer levanta una llama hacia el cielo. La composición es delicada y de trazos finos.

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