From the series series representing the Four Elements.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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Order of the Golden Fleece</a>, beneath which the imperial double-eagle can be seen: a clear reference to the Habsburg House and the beneficiary of the series, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Category:Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor Maximilian II.</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Giuseppe_Arcimboldo" class="extiw" title="w:en:Giuseppe Arcimboldo"><span title="Italian painter of the late Renaissance">Giuseppe Arcimboldo</span></a>
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1566<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1566-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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