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. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: 1566. Dimensions: height: 66.5 cm (26.1 in); width: 51 cm (20 in). Medium: lime. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum. Arcimboldo Fire
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