This quick sketch is the first design for the large oil painting that Rubens made around 1619-1620 for Nicolaas Rockox, the mayor of Antwerp. The painting – a large panel measuring approximately four by three metres – was intended as the altarpiece for the Minderbroederskerk. Ten years later Boëtius à Bolswert made a large engraving based on the painting.
Specifications
| Title | Sketches for a Crucifixion |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink |
| Object type |
Drawing (recto)
> Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 206 mm Width 171 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Peter Paul Rubens
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| Accession number | MB 5004 recto (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1619-1620 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001) De Collectie Twee - wissel VIII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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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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