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Allegory of Water

1700 · Museo del Prado, Madrid

mythological

This painting belongs to the series The Four Elements painted in the early eighteenth century for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid. The series consists of Air (by Palomino), Water (by Ezquerra), Earth (by Vaccaro) and Fire (by Palomino). This wooded landscape with the ocean in the background is the setting for a group of maritime allegories.

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Allegory of Water