Artist: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 -1640)
- Item Title:
- The Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall.
- Author(s):
- Martin, Gregory ; Balis, Arnout (ed.)
- ISBN:
- 0905203720
- Item Number:
- Part XV, v.1-v.2
- Imprint:
- London : Harvey Miller, 2005.
- Language:
- English
- Size:
- 27 cm
- Pages:
- 366
- Illustrations:
- 220 b&w, 12 color
- Concordance:
- No
- Bibliography:
- Yes
- Index:
- Yes
- Exhibition List:
- No
- Chronology:
- No
- Content Note:
- Individual entries include title, medium, support, known copies, dimensions, collection, provenance, exhibitions, bibliographical references, and comments.
- Individual Entries Contain:
- Provenance; Exhib. Hist; Bibliog.; Comments
- Public Note:
- The catalogue raisonné covers Rubens' canvases and oil sketches for the ceiling decorations at the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall Palace.
Volume 1 contains the texts dealing with the architecture of the Banqueting House, its commission, execution of the ceiling decoration, and the subject history of Rubens' canvases and the divine right of kings. These are followed by the catalogue raisonné.
The second volume contains several appendices: including payment and transport documentation, and a list of untraced works. There are also indices of collectors, subjects, other works by Rubens mentioned in the text, names, and locations.
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