‘Passion is the Fire of Naught but Straw’, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1628

Title(s)

‘Passion is the Fire of Naught but Straw’

Object type

• drawing
• design

Object number

RP-T-1898-A-4064

Description

Ontwerp voor een prent.

Artist

• draughtsman: Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

Dating

c. 1628

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with grey wash and opaque watercolour; outlines indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

Material

• paper
• deck paint
• ink

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 50 mm × width 65 mm

What

• Reason versus Amorous Lust; 'Combattimento della ragione con l'appetito' (Ripa) (+ situation or event (especially in genre-painting) with symbolical connotation)
• burning as process
• hay-cock
• (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
• female literary characters (with NAME)
• female literary characters (with NAME)

Credit line

• D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

Acquisition

bequest 1898

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance