# Earth

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/earth-r38ad55f795fb21>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BOULLOGNE, Louis the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on copper, 52 x 45 cm

## Commentary

This copper painting was probably part of a series representing the Four Elements. This work rewarded its painter with directorship of the Académie Royale and his appointment as First Painter to Louis XV.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Golden Calf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/adoration-of-the-golden-calf-r06e75e7e1fa0ed>)
- [Conversion of St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/conversion-of-st-paul-r578740c43a5d73>)
- [Joseph in Prison](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/joseph-in-prison-rdc95dc5ddaa34e>)
- [Nessus and Dejanira](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/nessus-and-dejanira-rb3193cd10d6428>)
- [Thalia and Erato, Muses of Comedy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/thalia-and-erato-muses-of-comedy-rf9fa6fac064032>)
- [Venus Commanding Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/venus-commanding-vulcan-to-make-arms-for-aeneas-r601ac7890ef15f>)
- [Venus in the Forge of Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boullogne-louis-the-younger-r7c95b571c0b384/venus-in-the-forge-of-vulcan-re39fa30c04f683>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)