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

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