Ansegisel and St. Begga
about 1612/15 | Peter Paul Rubens
This depiction of Ansegisel and his wife, St. Begga, two figures from Frankish-Merovingian history in the late 7th century, was probably created in connection with a planned but never executed dynastically oriented “Dukes of Brabant” series. It would have covered the half-mythical early period down to the present.
This depiction of Ansegisel and his wife, St. Begga, two figures from Frankish-Merovingian history in the late 7th century, was probably created in connection with a planned but never executed dynastically oriented “Dukes of Brabant” series. It would have covered the half-mythical early period down to the present.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
about 1612/15
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 94 cm × 76,8 cm × 2,8 cm
Framed: 114,5 cm × 97,5 cm × 5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 521
Provenance
1635-1648 Coll. Buckingham; 1685 Imperial Coll. Prague; 1721 transferred from Prague to Vienna; 1733 Imperial Coll. Vienna