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Peter Paul Rubens: Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the River Styx  wikidata:Q19926218 reasonator:Q19926218
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
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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)
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artist QS:P170,Q5599
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Title

Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx.[1]

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Thetis dips Achilles in the Styx.
Object type painting / oil sketch Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The goddess Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon can be seen taking the dead across the river in his boat. The scene was painted by Peter Paul Reubens around 1630/1635 as part of the Achilles Series
Date between 1630 and 1635
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 44.1 cm (17.3 in); width: 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,44.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,38.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q679527
Current location
room 13
Accession number
1760 (OK)
Object history

18 November 1794: sale of the collection of Fulk Greville at an unknown auction house, London, lot no. 49

by 1925
date QS:P,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925), Northwick Park, Gloucestershire


21 June 1933: sale of the collection of Lord Barrymore at Sotheby's, London, lot no. 28
1933: acquired by Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955)

1933: given to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Daniël George van Beuningen
References

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online.

RKDimages, Art-work number 5008
Source/Photographer collectie.boijmans.nl : Home : Info : Pic

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  1. ↑ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online.

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