# The Four Elements

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZUCCHI, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 49 x 39 cm

## Commentary

This unfinished allegorical painting on copper may once have formed part of a larger decorative scheme. The subject is the Four Elements: Water \(in the form of a river-god and abundance of coral lower left\), Earth \(in the form of Cybele who is seated lower centre\), Fire \(shown by Vulcan in his forge lower right\) and Air \(with Juno in the centre, surrounded by nymphs, and a multitude of birds upper left\). &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 43 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_4seasons.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Vivaldi: Four Seasons, violin concertos op. 8 Nos. 1-4&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of the Creation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/allegory-of-the-creation-r7f59fe577cf9a3>)
- [Jupiter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/jupiter-rab2ce9051344a5>)
- [Portrait of a Lady](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/portrait-of-a-lady-r2a210c5d12ef97>)
- [The Assembly of the Gods](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-assembly-of-the-gods-r70837e920a276a>)
- [The Coral Fishers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-coral-fishers-detail-r5861f31e739d1d>)
- [The Coral Fishers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-coral-fishers-r64973b0bab7c87>)
- [The Gods of Olympus with Hercules and the Muses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-gods-of-olympus-with-hercules-and-the-muses-rd498d1fbea4aa9>)
- [The Golden Age](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-golden-age-rf622a8fa6b749a>)
- [The Miracle of the Snow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-miracle-of-the-snow-r8e7710657735ed>)
- [The Silver Age](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-silver-age-r8c68136df99bd6>)
- [The Toilet of Bathsheba](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-toilet-of-bathsheba-r7f5c140d3034bd>)
- [View of the Galleria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/view-of-the-galleria-r1aa725a19db257>)

## Attribution

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