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The Four Elements (Earth, Air, Water, Fire)

1590/1595

Nicolò Roccatagliata

Artist, Genoese-Venetian, 1553 - 1653

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Artwork overview

Medium

bronze
Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection
Dimensions

heights: Earth 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Air 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Water 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Fire 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Accession

2022.181.18

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2004

Radcliffe, Anthony and Nicholas Penny. Art of the Renaissance Bronze, 1500-1650. London, 2004: 112-115, repro. no. 18.

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