Among Rubens’s many royal commissions was one from King Philip IV of Spain for the decorations for his hunting lodge near Madrid. It involved more than a hundred paintings, sixty of them after Rubens’s own designs. They were ordered in 1636 and completed in 1637. That was only possible because Rubens had a large workshop. But he made the sketches himself. Here are six of them.
Specifications
| Title | Narcissus Falling in Love with His Own Reflection |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 14 cm Height 14,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Peter Paul Rubens
|
| Accession number | 2518 (OK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1958 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1636 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) |
| External exhibitions |
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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