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Peter Paul Rubens: The Fall of Phaeton  wikidata:Q9366873 reasonator:Q9366873
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens  (1577–1640)  wikidata:Q5599 s:it:Autore:Pieter Paul Rubens q:en:Peter Paul Rubens
 
Peter Paul Rubens
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 Edit this at Wikidata 30 May 1640 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Siegen Antwerp
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata
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
artist QS:P170,Q5599
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Fall of Phaeton Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"La Chute de Phaéton"
label QS:Lru,"Падение Фаэтона"
label QS:Lde,"Der Sturz des Phaethon"
label QS:Len,"The Fall of Phaeton"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1604 and circa 1605
date QS:P571,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, probably reworked between circa 1606 and circa 1608
date QS:P571,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 98.4 cm (38.7 in); width: 131.2 cm (51.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,98.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,131.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Current location
Gallery 45
Accession number
1990.1.1
Object history Probably in the collection of Susanna Willemsens [d. 1657], Antwerp.
(possibly General Gansell sale, Christie's, London, 25 February 1775, no. 81 [bought in for £67]).
James Du Pre Alexander, 3th earl of Caledon [1812-1855], London, before 1857;
by inheritance to his son, James Alexander, 4th earl of Caledon [1846-1898], London;
by inheritance to his son, Eric James Desmond Alexander, 5th earl of Caledon [1885-1968], London; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 9 June 1939, no. 24, as by A.J. van Diepenbeck); Mrs. Sanderson, London; S. [Mrs. Gustave] Delbanco, London, by 1954;
Gustave Delbanco, London; purchased 5 January 1990 through (Ellin Mitchell, New York) by NGA.
Exhibition history 1977 Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 1977, no. 7.
2000 Greek Gods and Heroes in the Age of Rubens and Rembrandt, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens; Dordrechts Museum, 2000-2001, no. 64, repro.
2004 Rubens, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, 2004, no. 13, repro
2013 Louvre-Lens à Lens (Pas-de-Calais)
Credit line Patrons' Permanent Fund
References
Source/Photographer nga.gov National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Other versions
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