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Fire
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Fire

Jacques de Gheyn (II) · 1580 - 1596 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Representation of the element fire in the form of a naked man with flaming hair striking a rock with a flint. In the background a group of people around a fire with a cauldron hanging above it. In the lower margin a two-line Latin text. Reconstructed from two fragments.

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Credit lineVuur. 1580 - 1596. Jacques de Gheyn (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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