Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery

Frame

1600-1650 (made)

Frame for D.1399-1891, War & Victory : Model for a Title Page by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.


Object details

Object type
Frame
Brief description
Frame for D.1399-1891, War & Victory : Model for a Title Page by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
Dimensions
  • Height: 280mm
  • Width: 225mm
  • With velvet backboard depth: 36mm
Taken from: Princely treasures : European masterpieces 1600-1800 : from the Victoria & Albert Museum / edited by Sarah Medlam and Lesley Ellis Miller. London : V&A Publishing, 2011
Gallery label
War and Victory 1634-35 Rubens’ design shows Victory with a laurel wreath and Mars, the god of war. It celebrates the journey to Brussels of the new governor of the Spanish Netherlands, following the Battle of Nordlingen. Nordlingen was celebrated as a decisive victory for Catholic Imperial forces, although in reality the battle widened the conflict by drawing France into the Thirty Years War. Southern Netherlands, now Belgium (Antwerp) By Peter Paul Rubens Oil on panel Design for a title page for El memorable y glorioso viage del infante Cardenal D. Fernando de Austria, 1635 Museum nos. D.1399-1891; W.14-1915 (frame)(09.12.2015)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
W.14-1915

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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