File:Bruegel d. Ä., Pieter - Tower of Babel - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam.jpg
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Summary
Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Tower of Babel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q43270 |
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Title |
label QS:Lit,"Torre di Babele"
label QS:Lfr,"La Tour de Babel"
label QS:Lnn,"Babels tårn"
label QS:Lnb,"Babels tårn"
label QS:Lnl,"De Toren van Babel"
label QS:Lcy,"Tŵr Babel"
label QS:Llv,""Mazais" Bābeles tornis"
label QS:Len-gb,"The Tower of Babel"
label QS:Lhy,"Բաբելոնյան աշտարակ"
label QS:Lde,"Kleiner Turmbau zu Babel" |
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Part of | The Tower of Babel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series title | The Tower of Babel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Bruegel painted three versions of the Tower of Babel. One is kept in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the second in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (see Category:The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder), while the location of the third version (a miniature on ivory) is unknown. Русский: «Вавилонская башня» (нид. De bouw van de toren van Babel). ок. 1565. Дерево, масло. 60 × 74,5 см. Музей Бойманса — ван Бёнингена, Роттердам (Нидерланды)
Tiếng Việt: Tháp Babel (tiếng Hà Lan: De Toren van Babel). Khoảng 1565. Sơn dầu trên gỗ. 60 × 74,5 cm. Bảo tàng Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Hà Lan) |
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Date | circa 1563-1565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 59.9 cm (23.5 in); width: 74.6 cm (29.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,59.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,74.6U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q679527 |
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Current location |
room 06 |
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Accession number |
2443 (OK) |
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Place of creation | City of Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
by 1604 date QS:P,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612) (?)
by 1724/1746: Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (1692-1766) (?) by 1955date QS:P,+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Vierhouten
1958: bequeathed to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Daniël George van Beuningen, Vierhouten |
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Exhibition history |
Van Eyck to Bruegel, 1400-1550. Dutch and Flemish painting in the collection of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, ISBN 9789069181370. |
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Inscriptions |
ELISABETH DEI GRATIA HISPANIARUM REGINA
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References |
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online, as The tower of Babel, circa 1565 date QS:P,+1565-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 59.9 cm (23.5 in); width: 74.6 cm (29.3 in)dimensions QS:P2048,59.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,74.6U174728 .RKDimages, Art-work number 26043, as De bouw van de toren van Babel (Genesis 11:4), circa 1563 date QS:P,+1563-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (1558-1568), height: 60 cm (23.6 in); width: 74.5 cm (29.3 in)dimensions QS:P2048,60U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,74.5U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as The "Little" Tower of Babel, circa 1564date QS:P,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 60 cm (23.6 in); width: 75 cm (29.5 in)dimensions QS:P2048,60U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,75U174728 .arttube |
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Source/Photographer | collectie.boijmans.nl : Home : Info : Pic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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