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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Sculpture
Fire
1 of 5
- Date
- ca. 1750
- Accession number
- 22.34
- Maker
- Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
- Medium
- stone
- Description
- This statue portrays Fire as a man standing by a fire-breathing dragon and holding a thunderbolt in his left hand. This is one of four statues portraying Earth, Air, Water, and Fire that represent the four elements which many ancient cultures proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all the matter in terms of simpler substances.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
