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Jan Brueghel the Younger (attr.), Allegory of Earth and Water; Allegory of Air and Fire

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Jan Brueghel the Younger (attr.) (1601-1678)
Allegory of Earth and Water; Allegory of Air and Fire, 1650-60
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, inv. 1890 nn. 1223 and 1204

These two paintings portray the qualities of the four elements according to the classical iconography based on Aristotle's conception of matter.