File:Peter Paul Rubens - The Head of Medusa - WGA20300.jpg

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Peter Paul Rubens: Head of Medusa  wikidata:Q647202 reasonator:Q647202
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens  (1577–1640)  wikidata:Q5599 s:sl:Peter Paul Rubens q:en:Peter Paul Rubens
 
Peter Paul Rubens
Alternative names
Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 28 June 1577 Edit this at Wikidata 30 May 1640 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Siegen Antwerp
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Work location
Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5599
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Attributed to Frans Snyders  (1579–1657)  wikidata:Q29231
 
Attributed to Frans Snyders
Alternative names
Frans Snijders, Franchoijs Snijders
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 11 November 1579 (baptised) 19 August 1657 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1593 and circa 1657
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1593-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Antwerp (circa 1593-1607), Rome (circa 1608
date QS:P,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
), Milan (circa 1608-1609), Antwerp (1609-1657)
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artist QS:P170,Q29231,P5102,Q230768
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Title
Dutch:
Hoofd van Medusa Edit this at Wikidata

Head of Medusa
title QS:P1476,nl:"Hoofd van Medusa Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lnl,"Hoofd van Medusa Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Medusa"
label QS:Lja,"メドューサの頭部"
label QS:Lfr,"Tête de Méduse"
label QS:Larz,"راس ميدوسا"
label QS:Let,"Medusa"
label QS:Lmk,"Медуза (Рубенс)"
label QS:Luk,"Медуза"
label QS:Lla,"Medusa"
label QS:Lnb,"Medusa"
label QS:Lcs,"Hlava Medúsy"
label QS:Len,"Head of Medusa"
label QS:Lde,"Haupt der Medusa"
label QS:Lru,"Голова Медузы"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1617 and circa 1618
date QS:P571,+1617-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1617-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1618-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 68.5 cm (26.9 in); width: 118 cm (46.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,68.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,118U174728
institution QS:P195,Q95569
Accession number
GG 3834
Object history 1635-1648 Sammlung des Herzogs von Buckingham
1685 in Prag nachweisbar
1876 von Prag nach Wien
References Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank.
Source/Photographer 1. Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
2. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank.
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