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Results for "Water, from "The Elements""12 records

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Water, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments) by Abraham Bosse, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse (d. 1676)

ca. 1630 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Landscape with Fishermen by Yi Bul-hae, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Fishermen

Yi Bul-hae

1600s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Water, from "Four Elements" by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water, from "Four Elements"

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching, only state

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Horned" Male by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

"Horned" Male

Unrecorded maker

100 BCE–300 CE · Sculpture, earthenware with colored slips, black burial deposits

Cleared · CC0

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Water, from series The Four Elements by Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water, from series The Four Elements

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (d. 1664)

17th century · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Table Fountain by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Table Fountain

Unrecorded maker

c. 1320–40 · Metalwork, gilt-silver and translucent enamels

Cleared · CC0

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Water, from "The Elements" by Johann Justin Preissler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler (d. 1771)

1735 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night by Gujarati, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night

Gujarati

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Water, from The Four Elements by Pierre Alexandre Aveline, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline (d. 1760)

1738–49 · Etching and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bird-shaped Vessel by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bird-shaped Vessel

Unrecorded maker

1100s · Metalwork, bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Aqua (Water), from "The Four Elements"

Hendrick Goltzius (d. 1617)

ca. 1586 · Engraving

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Water, from The Four Elements

Jacques de Gheyn II (d. 1629)

1595 · Engraving

In copyright

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