Allegory of Water
Artist
Jacopo Bassano
, and workshop (Italian, 1510 - 1592)
Dateearly 1580s
Period16th century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 55 x 71 5/8 in. (139.7 x 181.9 cm)
Frame: 72 3/8 × 89 1/8 × 3 in. (183.8 × 226.4 × 7.6 cm)
Frame: 72 3/8 × 89 1/8 × 3 in. (183.8 × 226.4 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN87
In the sixteenth century, the world was believed to consist of four elements: Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. Water is represented as a market scene dominated by fishmongers. Bassano’s canvas, and the one beside it, teems with still life elements though they were made in the decades before still life became an independent genre.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 13, Wall South
