This colourful oil sketch is a design for a large ceiling painting in the Banqueting House, the building used for royal receptions in Whitehall in London. The allegorical scene shows the fusion of the two crowns with which Amor, the God of love, unites England (in red) and Scotland (in white).
Specifications
| Title | The Union of England and Scotland |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 92 cm Width 77 cm Depth 12 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Peter Paul Rubens
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| Accession number | 2516 (OK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1958 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1630 - 1633 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
Schilderkunst uit de eerste hand, Olieverfschetsen van Tintoretto tot Goya (1983) |
| External exhibitions |
Rubens Triumph - Krieg-Politik-Malerei (2012) L'Europe de Rubens (2013) Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) Rubens. Painter of Sketches (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Peter Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 - Antwerpen 1640
The Antwerp painter Peter Paul Rubens was appointed court artist to the Duke of Mantua in Italy at a young age. In 1603 he travelled to Madrid, where he was...
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