The Four Elements

Provenance

Pierre Crozat [1665-1740], Paris. Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris [1694 - 1774](Lugt 1852). Marquis de Lagoy, Aix en Provence [1764 - 1829] (Lugt 1710). Thomas Dimsdale London [1758 - 1823](Lugt 2426). Sir Thomas Lawrence, London [1769 - 1830](Lugt 2445). Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, London [1800 - 1857] (Lugt 2710b), and by descent; (his sale, Sotheby's London, 5 December 1972, no. 17); Herbert List [1903-1975], Munich (Lugt 4063); Ursula and Adolf Ratjen, for Wolfgang Ratjen; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

The Four Elements

Giulio Romano

c. 1530

Accession Number

2007.111.95

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 24.2 x 33.7 cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund