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Image: Giuseppe Arcimboldo Fire Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Description: The allegory of Fire combines objects that are related to fire. The cheek is formed by a large firestone, the neck and chin are formed by a burning candle and an oil lamp, the nose and ear are contoured by firesteels; a blond moustache is formed by a crossed bundle of wood shavings for kindling, the eye is an extinguished candle stub, the forehead area is a wound-up fuse, the hair of the head forms a crown of blazing logs. The breast is composed of fire weapons: mortar and canon barrels together with the respective gunpowder shovel and a pistol barrel. Prominently positioned in the picture is the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, beneath which the imperial double-eagle can be seen: a clear reference to the Habsburg House and the beneficiary of the series, Emperor Maximilian II.
Title: German: Feuer  Firelabel QS:Lfr,"Le feu" label QS:Len,"Fire" label QS:Lde,"das Feuer"
Credit: Own work, Yelkrokoyade, 2012-07-13
Author: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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