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The Joyous Entry of the Duke of Anjou
Riding a grey and sheltered by a baldachin, Francis, duke of Anjou, son of the French king Henry II, entered Antwerp on 19 February 1582. The triumphal arch was erected specially for this occasion. The Dutch rebels had invited Anjou to be their ruler instead of King Philip II of Spain, whom they no longer recognized as their sovereign. The pomp and circumstance notwithstanding, this intention came…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43A42
- http://iconclass.org/43A422
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3700
- Intocht van Anjou te Antwerpen
- Valois, François-Hercule de (hertog van Anjou)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/43A42
- http://iconclass.org/43A422
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3700
- Intocht van Anjou te Antwerpen
- Valois, François-Hercule de (hertog van Anjou)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1582 - 1600
- 1582/1600
- 1582/1600
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 16th century
Places
- Antwerp
- Antwerpen
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3700
Provenance
- ….; anonymous sale, Brussels (Palais d’Egmont), 6 December 1938 sqq., no. 58, as Frans Pourbus II; …; sale, estate of Mary Armour-Dunn et al. [section 'Various Properties'], New York (Christie’s), 11 January 1989, no. 68, as Circle of Lucas van Valkenborch, $ 71,500;{Copy RMA.} …; from the dealer Rafael Valls, London, £ 65,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1989
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4687
- SK-A-4867
Extent
- height 61.5 cm
- width 82.5 cm
- depth 7.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:55.501Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:11.608Z