Kreuzabnahme, Peter Paul Rubens, 1619–1641
Peter Paul Rubens, portraitPeter Paul RubensFlemish, 1577–1640

Kreuzabnahme

1619–1641 · Drawing

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Where is “Kreuzabnahme” now? Collection: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. Unknown.

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Braunschweig, Germany

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In the life of Peter Paul Rubens

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  1. 1621

    Marie de' Medici's Commission for the Luxembourg Palace Cycles

    The Queen Mother of France, Marie de' Medici, commissioned from Rubens two large allegorical cycles for the Luxembourg Palace — one on her own life and one on the life of the late Henry IV; the second series was never completed.

  2. 1624

    Ennoblement by Philip IV

    King Philip IV of Spain raised Rubens to the nobility.

  3. 1627–1630

    Diplomatic Missions between Spain and England

    Rubens was active as a diplomat, shuttling between the courts of Spain and England in an effort to achieve peace between the Catholic Spanish Netherlands and the Protestant Dutch Republic; he also made several trips to Holland.

  4. 1630

    Marriage to Helena Fourment

    Four years after the death of Isabella Brant, the 53-year-old Rubens married the 16-year-old Helena Fourment; she became the artist's muse and the inspiration for the sensuous figures in many of his paintings of the 1630s, including The Three Graces and The Judgment of Paris.

  5. 6 December 1630

    Married: Helena Fourment

  6. 30 May 1640

    Died

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