Interior of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp
about 1630 | Sebastian Vrancx
The painting depicts the interior of Antwerp’s large Jesuit Church, the way it looked from its consecration in 1621 until the devastating fire of 1718. Rubens was extensively involved in the design of the interior. With the help of his studio he created works including the two large altarpieces with St. Ignatius von Loyola (recognisable in the picture) and St. Francis Xavier (Inv. Nos. 517, 519) as well as the altar-piece for the Lady Chapel, The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. (Inv. No. GG 518).
The painting depicts the interior of Antwerp’s large Jesuit Church, the way it looked from its consecration in 1621 until the devastating fire of 1718. Rubens was extensively involved in the design of the interior. With the help of his studio he created works including the two large altarpieces with St. Ignatius von Loyola (recognisable in the picture) and St. Francis Xavier (Inv. Nos. 517, 519) as well as the altar-piece for the Lady Chapel, The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. (Inv. No. GG 518).
Artist:
Sebastian Vrancx (1573 - 1647 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
about 1630
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
52 cm x 70,7 cm x 1,3 cm
Framed: 68 cm x 86 cm x 4,7 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower left: S. Vrancx
Inscribed
auf der Rückseite: [...]AEN VRANCKX - F
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1051
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm