Title |
Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
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label QS:Len,"Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
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label QS:Lde,"Allegorie der Abdankung Kaiser Karls V in Brüssel"
label QS:Lcs,"Alegorie abdikace císaře Karla V. v Bruselu"
label QS:Lfr,"Allégorie de l'abdication de l'empereur Charles V à Bruxelles"
label QS:Lnl,"Allegorie op de troonsafstand van keizer Karel V te Brussel" |
Description |
Allegory on the
Abdication of
Emperor Charles V in Brussels. In the middle Charles V is seated on his thrown flanked by his successors
Ferdinand I and
Philip II. In front of Philip the personifications of the territories of the Empire with their banners are kneeling down. In the foreground the personifications of the continents, America, Africa, Europe and Asia, are offering gifts. Left
Neptune is riding his seahorse-drawn Triumphal chariot, accompanied by mermen, mermaids,
tritons, etc. On the chariot a globe and the two columns with a banderole inscribed with
Plus Ultra. |
Date |
between circa 1630 and circa 1640 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Exhibition history |
Keizer Karel en zijn tijd, Museum voor Schone Kunsten,
Ghent, 3 April 1955–30 June 1955, cat. no. 45.
Carlos y su ambiente. Exposicion homenaje en el IV Centenario de su muerte (1558-1958),
Toledo, October 1958–November 1958, cat. no. 47.
Mechelen 4 eeuwen aartsbisschoppelijke stad, Kultureel Centrum,
Mechelen, 28 July 1961–1 October 1961, cat. no. 52.
De kogel door de kerk? De opstand in de Nederlanden en de rol van de Unie van Utrecht, 1559-1609, Centraal Museum Utrecht,
Utrecht, 24 February 1979–4 June 1979, p. 9.
Willem de Zwijger 1533-1584 = Guillaume le Taciturne 1533-1584 = Wilhelm der Schweiger 1533-1584 = William the Silent 1533-1584, Stedelijk Museum Broodhuis,
Brussels, 22 September 1984–4 November 1984, cat. no. 2.5.
Rijksmuseum on the Scheldt. Masterpieces from the treasure-house of the Netherlands/Rijksmuseum aan de Schelde. Meesterwerken uit de schatkamer van Nederland, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,
Ghent, 9 October 2004–31 December 2007.
Het Vredesjaar 1609, Haags Historisch Museum,
The Hague, 16 September 2009–10 January 2010, no catalog known.
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