Tapestry_showing_the_Marriage_of_Constantine_and_Fausta.jpg

Summary

Object

Peter Paul Rubens : Tapestry showing the Marriage of Constantine and Fausta

Artist

tapestry designer :



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16 ^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF : 56647196 ISNI : 0000000121341267 ULAN : 500002921 LCCN : n79055561 NLA : 36442606 WorldCat

Comans-La Planche
Alternative names	Comans-La Planche manufactory; Comans-La Planche tapestry workshop; Comans-La Planche tapestry factory; Faubourg Saint-Marcel manufactory of Marc de Comans and François de la Planche
Authority file	: Q76567033 ULAN : 500337080

tapestry weaver :

Workshop of Philipp de Maecht (–1655)
Alternative names	Philip de Maecht; Filip de Maecht; Filippe Maëcht; Philippe Maëcht
Description	artist and tapestry weaver
Date of birth/death		1655
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	1605 –1652
Work location	Paris ; Mortlake
Authority file	: Q76769401 VIAF : 96534231 ULAN : 500114610 RKD : 459484

tapestry weaver :

Workshop of Hans Taye ( fl. 1620s date QS:P,+1620–00–00T00:00:00Z/8 )
Alternative names	Jean Tayer
Description	tapestry weaver
Work period	1620s date QS:P,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q84636869

Designer

tapestry designer :



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16 ^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF : 56647196 ISNI : 0000000121341267 ULAN : 500002921 LCCN : n79055561 NLA : 36442606 WorldCat

Title

Tapestry showing the Marriage of Constantine and Fausta

Part of

Story of Constantine

Object type

tapestry

Date

from 1623 until 1625

Medium

wool , silk , gold thread , silver thread and tapestry weaving

Dimensions

height: 485.1 cm (15.9 ft)

; width: 608.3 cm (19.9 ft)

Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art

	Native name	Philadelphia Museum of Art
	Location	2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia , Pennsylvania United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 57′ 57″ N, 75° 10′ 53″ W
	Established	1876
	Website	www.philamuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q510324 VIAF : 137352121 ISNI : 0000000404536400 ULAN : 500214534 LCCN : n79005616 NLA : 35420649 WorldCat

Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Location	New York City , United States of America
Coordinates	40° 46′ 30.41″ N, 73° 57′ 27.07″ W
Established	1929
Website	www.kressfoundation.org
Authority file	: Q30272990 VIAF : 152536521 ISNI : 0000000404418690 ULAN : 500304334 LCCN : n50059075 NLA : 35473823 WorldCat

Accession number

1959-78-2 ( Philadelphia Museum of Art )

Place of creation

Paris

References

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Other versions

part of: Story of Constantine
based on: The marriage of Constantine and Fausta and of Constantia and Licinius

Photograph

Description	English: Tapestry showing the Marriage of Constantine and Fausta . Wool and silk and silver and gold threads. 485.1 × 608.3 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Author	Philadelphia Museum of Art
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