Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy
before 1618 | Peter Paul Rubens
Charles the Bold (1433–1477), the last of the Burgundian dukes, hoped to create an independent kingdom of Burgundy from his ancestral homeland of Burgundy and the Netherlands but was thwarted by the resistance of the Swiss Confederacy and of the duke of Lorraine. He was killed in a battle against the latter outside Nancy in 1477. Here Rubens created an idealised portrait of the duke that expresses his attitude and claim to power.
Charles the Bold (1433–1477), the last of the Burgundian dukes, hoped to create an independent kingdom of Burgundy from his ancestral homeland of Burgundy and the Netherlands but was thwarted by the resistance of the Swiss Confederacy and of the duke of Lorraine. He was killed in a battle against the latter outside Nancy in 1477. Here Rubens created an idealised portrait of the duke that expresses his attitude and claim to power.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Duc Charles de Philippe le Bon de Bourgogne (1433 - 1477) DNB
Time:
before 1618
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
118,5 x 102 cm
Framed: 143,5 cm × 128,4 cm × 10,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 704
Provenance
Probably from Rubens' estate; city palace Prinz Eugen, Vienna; 1772 documented in the gallery
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