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Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, The Four Elements, undated
- Title:
The Four Elements
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 5/8 × 10 1/16 inches (34.6 × 25.6 cm), Plate: 13 3/8 × 9 7/8 inches (34 × 25.1 cm), Image: 12 15/16 × 9 13/16 inches (32.9 × 24.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "819"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "277"
Lettered, lower left: "H. de Clerck delineavit B Lens fecit"; lettered, lower center: "The Four Elementes."; lettered, lower right: "Cumm Privilegio Regis"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.998
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- air | birds | earth | elements | fire | fires | flying | fruit | headdresses | lake | mountains | nudes | pouring | religious and mythological subject | shells | sitting | smoke | torches (lighting devices) | urns | water | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22688
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