Allegorie_op_de_troonsafstand_van_keizer_Karel_V_te_Brussel_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-112.jpeg
Summary
Frans Francken the Younger
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Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
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| Title |
Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
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| Object type |
painting
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| Genre |
allegory
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| Description |
Allegory
on the
Abdication
of
Emperor Charles V
in Brussels. In the middle Charles V is seated on his thrown flanked by his successors
Ferdinand I
and
Philip II
. In front of Philip the personifications of the territories of the Empire with their banners are kneeling down. In the foreground the personifications of the continents, America, Africa, Europe and Asia, are offering gifts. Left
Neptune
is riding his seahorse-drawn Triumphal chariot, accompanied by mermen, mermaids,
tritons
, etc. On the chariot a globe and the two columns with a banderole inscribed with
Plus Ultra
.
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| Date |
between circa 1630 and circa 1640
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| Medium |
oil
on
panel
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| Dimensions |
height: 134 cm (52.7 in)
; width: 172 cm (67.7 in)
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
room 2.1
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| Accession number |
SK-A-112
(
Rijksmuseum
)
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| Place of creation | Antwerp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1805: acquired by the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
, Amsterdam
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| Exhibition history |
Keizer Karel en zijn tijd
, Museum voor Schone Kunsten,
Ghent
, 3 April 1955–30 June 1955, cat.
no.
45.
Carlos y su ambiente. Exposicion homenaje en el IV Centenario de su muerte (1558-1958)
,
Toledo
, October 1958–November 1958, cat.
no.
47.
Mechelen 4 eeuwen aartsbisschoppelijke stad
, Kultureel Centrum,
Mechelen
, 28 July 1961–1 October 1961, cat.
no.
52.
De kogel door de kerk? De opstand in de Nederlanden en de rol van de Unie van Utrecht, 1559-1609
, Centraal Museum Utrecht,
Utrecht
, 24 February 1979–4 June 1979, p. 9.
Willem de Zwijger 1533-1584 = Guillaume le Taciturne 1533-1584 = Wilhelm der Schweiger 1533-1584 = William the Silent 1533-1584
, Stedelijk Museum Broodhuis,
City of Brussels
, 22 September 1984–4 November 1984, cat.
no.
2.5.
Rijksmuseum on the Scheldt. Masterpieces from the treasure-house of the Netherlands/Rijksmuseum aan de Schelde. Meesterwerken uit de schatkamer van Nederland
, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,
Ghent
, 9 October 2004–31 December 2007.
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| Inscriptions |
center left:
Plvs. Vltra.
Caption and signature bottom right:
S: R: Imperii spontenea resignation A Carolo / V. IMP. in FERD. I. Fr: Regnorvmq hæred in / PHLM. II. hisp. regem Fil Facta Brux: æ.1555. / Ex inven: d. petri. de hannicart. ffranck.
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| References |
Anonymous
,
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue
, as
Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
, circa 1630
-circa 1640
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Anonymous , RKDimages, Art-work number 49315 , as Allegory on the Abdication of the Emperor Charles V in Brussels, 25 October 1555 , circa 1630-1640
Anonymous
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Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40004748
, as
Allegorie op de troonsafstand van keizer Karel V te Brussel, 25 oktober 1555
, 1600-1642.
Anonymous
,
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016699
, as
Allegorie auf die Abdankung Karls 5. in Brüssel am 25. Oktober1555
Horn, H.J., Revue d'art canadienne Art Review I (1986), pp. 23-29. Vittu, Jean Cornelisz. Vermeyen, Institut des belles lettres Arabes CXL (1979), p. 73, 246. Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English). |
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