Peter Paul RubensFlemish, 1577–1640La Transfiguration
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “La Transfiguration” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy. Unknown.
Nancy, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 71
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy — Mignot ; Cliché G. Mangin; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Peter Paul Rubens
The whole lifeJuly 1600 – 5 May 1608 · Workplace
Mantua
July 1600 – 5 May 1608
Employed by: Vincenzo I Gonzaga
July 1600 – 5 May 1608
Post: court painter
12 January 1602
First Official Commission: An Altarpiece for the Archduke
Archduke Albert of Austria commissioned from Rubens an altarpiece of the Finding of the True Cross for a Roman church; the contract was signed on 12 January 1602, and by 26 January the artist had already presented the central part of the composition.
5 March 1603
Diplomatic Mission to Spain
On behalf of Duke Gonzaga, Rubens traveled to Spain to deliver gifts to King Philip III; the paintings were damaged by rainstorms en route, and the artist restored them himself in Valladolid. This was the first of his journeys combining art and diplomacy.
1606–1608
Commission for the High Altar of the Chiesa Nuova
With the assistance of Cardinal Jacopo Serra, Rubens received his most important commission to date — the high altar of the fashionable new Roman church of Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova); the first version had to be replaced by a second on three slate panels.
