Anonymous painter of the 19th century, personification of the element ''fire'' (''Ignis''), depiction as a seated female half-act who holds lightning and flames in his left hand and strokes a salamander as a fire spirit with his right hand, one of smoke in the background landscape filled with conflagrations and erupting volcanoes. The composition is based on a copper engraving by Johannes Sadeler (1550-1600) from around 1600 from a sequence of the four elements based on models by Marten de Vos (1532-1603), oil / mahogany panel. Verso label with inscription ''Collection Rainer Wallraf'', No. 318 (...) erw (orben). VIII (19) '65 Cote d'Azur '', 36 x 51 cm See More