File:Rubens, Peter Paul - The Assumption of the Virgin - ca. 1611-1612.jpg
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[edit]Peter Paul Rubens: The Assumption of the Virgin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part of | The assumption of Mary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | painting / oil sketch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Obviously the nuns of the church did not make a simple choice of one or the other design, but went rather for a mix-and-match of elements: the upper half largely following the oil sketch in the Royal Collection and the lower half that in the Hermitage. The iconography differs: this is an Assumption; the Hermitage painting a Coronation with music-making angels; this one has a sarcophagus tomb, that a cave in the rock. The most interesting variation occurs in the lighting: the Hermitage panel shows a torch-lit, nearly night scene with a golden heaven; this panel shows a naturally lit evening scene with an azure heaven. Blue is the keynote colour. The other talent, which Rubens would wish his patrons to appreciate here, is variety. Twelve apostles witness the same event and yet Rubens finds twelve different postures and emotions for them to adopt. |
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Date |
between circa 1611 and circa 1612 date QS:P,+1611-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1611-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 102.1 cm (40.1 in) ; width: 66.3 cm (26.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+102.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+66.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1459037 |
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RCIN 405335 (Royal Collection) |
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Notes | This was one of two presentation oil sketches (modelli) which Rubens made in 1611 in a bid to secure the commission to paint the Assumption of the Virgin for the high altar of the Jesuit Church now Charles Borromeo, Antwerp. The other is in the Hermitage Museum; the final altarpiece, which Rubens did not deliver until 1620, is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Peter Paul Rubens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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