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Air

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Additional Title(s)
  • Juno
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1750
Mediumstone
Dimensionsapproximately: 96 x 32 in. (243.8 x 81.3 cm.) base: 62 x 48 in. (157.5 x 121.9 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue portrays Air as a woman triumphing over an eagle. 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 number22.32
Earth
Earth
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.31
Fire
Fire
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.34
Water
Water
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.33
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Unknown, British
ca. 1870
Object number: 2000.5.1537E
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
Lady Blown into the Air with a Parasol
Lady Blown into the Air with a Parasol
Charles Altamont Doyle
n.d.
Object number: 74.17.103
Ladies in the Air
Ladies in the Air
George Cruikshank
ca.1850
Object number: 59.55.389
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
A Title Page for "The Grave"
A Title Page for "The Grave"
William Blake
1806
Object number: 000.30
Child with Bird and Apple
Child with Bird and Apple
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
ca. 1823
Object number: 11.40
Mars
Mars
Agostino Testa
late 17th - early 18th century
Object number: 20.37
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.14