The Holy Family Beneath an Apple Tree
1630/32 | Peter Paul Rubens
Originally these two panels (now connected) were the two outer side panels of the Ildefonso Altar (Inv. No. GG 678), which the regent of the Netherlands, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, commissioned for the church of St. James on the Coudenberg in Brussels. The Holy Family is being visited by the young boy St. John the Baptist and his parents. In contrast to the heightened sacred sphere of the inside panels of the altar, this is an almost earthly family idyll.
Originally these two panels (now connected) were the two outer side panels of the Ildefonso Altar (Inv. No. GG 678), which the regent of the Netherlands, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, commissioned for the church of St. James on the Coudenberg in Brussels. The Holy Family is being visited by the young boy St. John the Baptist and his parents. In contrast to the heightened sacred sphere of the inside panels of the altar, this is an almost earthly family idyll.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
1630/32
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
ehem. Flügelaußenseiten zusammengefügt (je 352 x 109 cm): former wing outsides joined together (each 352 x 109 cm): 352 cm × 233 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 698
Provenance
St. Jacob op de Coudenberg, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, Brussels; acquired 1777 from Coudenberg Abbey