King Ferdinand of Bohemia and Hungary
1634/35 | Jan van den Hoecke
Ferdinand III (1608–1657), born in Graz as the son of Emperor Ferdinand II, scored his first success as commander of the imperial forces at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634 during the Thirty Years’ War. The picture was painted to mark the occasion of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand’s triumphal entry into Antwerp as the new governor in 1635. It originally decorated the front of the Ferdinand Arch (cf. Inv. No. 699). The paintings were executed by Jan van den Hoecke after a design by Rubens.
Ferdinand III (1608–1657), born in Graz as the son of Emperor Ferdinand II, scored his first success as commander of the imperial forces at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634 during the Thirty Years’ War. The picture was painted to mark the occasion of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand’s triumphal entry into Antwerp as the new governor in 1635. It originally decorated the front of the Ferdinand Arch (cf. Inv. No. 699). The paintings were executed by Jan van den Hoecke after a design by Rubens.
Artist:
Jan van den Hoecke (1611 - 1650 Antwerpen) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Ferdinand III. (1637-1657), Kaiser (1608 - 1657) DNB
Time:
1634/35
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
260 cm × 113 cm
Framed (gallery frame): 280 cm × 132 cm × 9,8 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 697
Provenance
1733 documented in the gallery