Collection Online
Fire
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
17.2 × 28.8 cm (image) 19.0 × 29.5 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 20 iii/v
Edition
3rd of 5 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Ignis alit mundrum Princeps et viribus acer / Orbis fræna suo temperat arbitrio.
printed in ink l.c.: IGNIS
printed in ink l.c.r.: Lucida flammifero locat ignis sydera Cælo, / Per quæ fæcundo cuncta calore fovet.
printed in ink l.r.: F. V. Velde. fec / WB (monogram) 3
Accession Number
1278.188.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
cannons (artillery) Fire (allegorical character) Four Elements (allegorical characters) night sky smoke (material) stars (extraterrestrial bodies) wagons (cargo vehicles)