Fire, Earth, and Water, from "The Four Elements", and the Virgin and Child
Object type: Prints
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Four Elements
Artist: Cornelis Schut
Artist bio: Flemish, Antwerp 1597–1655 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Flemish
Medium: Etching; four plates printed on a single sheet of oatmeal paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (21.5 × 21.5 cm)
Fire plate: 2 15/16 × 3 5/8 in. (7.5 × 9.2 cm)
Earth plate: 2 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (6.7 × 9.5 cm)
Water plate: 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (7 × 9.5 cm)
Virgin and Child plate: 2 7/8 × 3 5/8 in. (7.3 × 9.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Accession year: 1961-01-10