Shop art print and framed art Le Christ pleuré par la Vierge by Antoon van Dyck
Subjects : Religion
Keywords : 17th century, Baroque, Fainting of the Virgin, The Cross, The Dead Christ, angel
(Ref : 97484) © RMN (Musée du Louvre) /Gérard Blot
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Le Christ pleuré par la Vierge OF Antoon van Dyck
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Le Christ pleuré par la Vierge
Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene is a painting by Anthony van Dyck. He produced it in 1617-19 as the high altarpiece for the Jesuit church in Bergues near Dunkirk, during his time as an assistant to Peter Paul Rubens - for a long time the painting was even attributed to Rubens. It was paid to Rubens in 1621 and seems to have been sold around 1746. It was bought by Louis XV of France in Antwerp in 1749 to be the high altarpiece of Saint-Louis de Versailles at the Palace of Versailles. It is now in the [...]
This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the baroque style.
« Le Christ pleuré par la Vierge » is kept at Louvre, Paris, France.
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