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Earth

Maker
Additional Title(s)
  • Persephone
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1750
Mediumstone
Dimensions96 x 32 in. (243.8 x 81.3 cm.) base: 62 x 48 in. (157.5 x 121.9 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue portrays Earth as a woman holding a cornucopia that represents the riches of the earth. She is standing by a creature of the earth, a lion, and she is wearing a crown, which represents city life. This is one of four statues portraying Earth, Air, Water, and Fire that represent the four elements which many ancient cultures proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all the matter in terms of simpler substances.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number22.31
Fire
Fire
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.34
Air
Air
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.32
Water
Water
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.33
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.35
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.32
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Tea Table
Tea Table
Edward William Godwin
ca. 1880
Object number: 2005.20
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Pandora
Chauncey Bradley Ives
1858
Object number: 95.3
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell [large version]
Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell [large version]
William Blake
1808
Object number: 000.3
Illustration 2 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell
Illustration 2 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.2
Unidentified Figure
Unidentified Figure
Unknown, Italian
n.d.
Object number: 22.8