Peter Paul Rubens

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Object category

painting

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

centerpiece of a triptych

Het schilderij is het heden enig bekende deel van een drieluik: de andere twee luiken zijn voor het laatst in resp. 1830 en 1833 geveild. Zie Jaffé 1989 nrs. 287b & c

Support/medium

panel, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (portrait format) 195 x 159 cm

Current attribution: Peter Paul Rubens

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: 1614-1615 (1614 - 1615)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Het martelaarschap van de H. George
Keywords: saint, man, martyr, beheading
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 11H(GEORGE)6
martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. George
11H(GEORGE)68
St. George is beheaded

Provenance

Collection(s)

Sint-Gummaruskerk (Lier), Lier
In de kapel van het Handbooggilde
- 1794
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Het schilderij werd in 1794 door de Fransen meegevoerd naar Parijs, waarvandaan het in 1808 aan Bordeaux werd overgedragen
1808 -

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Literature

M. Jaffé, Rubens, Catalogo completo, Milaan 1989, p. 202 nr. 287a

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

, Original location BD/RKD/0348 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rubens and Anonymous School (img.nr. 0000042063)

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Entered on: 2003-10-02; Last modification: 2013-09-05

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