Art, literature & history
The Four Temperaments
1500–1537
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and dark brown ink, framing line in pen and dark brown ink
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2003.28
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jörg Breu the Elder. The Four Temperaments. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Four Temperaments — Jörg Breu the Elder. 1500–1537.
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, framing line in pen and dark brown ink. Dimensions: Diameter: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and funds from various donors, 2003.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.