Peter_Paul_Rubens_181.jpg
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Summary
Peter Paul Rubens : Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the River Styx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5599
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Title |
Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx . [1]
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Object type | painting / oil sketch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | mythological painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The goddess Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon can be seen taking the dead across the river in his boat. The scene was painted by Peter Paul Reubens around 1630/1635 as part of the Achilles Series
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Date |
between 1630 and 1635
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 44.1 cm (17.3 in); width: 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,44.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,38.4U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q679527
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Current location |
room 13
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Accession number |
1760 (OK)
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Object history |
18 November 1794: sale of the collection of Fulk Greville at an unknown auction house,
London
, lot no. 49
date QS:P,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925),
Northwick Park
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Gloucestershire
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References |
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online
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Source/Photographer | collectie.boijmans.nl : Home : Info : Pic |
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