Frontispiece with the female personification of the papacy for the book Summa conciliorum omnium by Francesco Longo

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Peter Paul Rubens (after)
,
Maria Moretus-De Sweert (publisher)
,
Johannes Meursius (publisher)
,
Cornelis Galle (engravers (printmakers))
,
Balthasar I Moretus (publisher)

Date

1623

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
On a piedmont, the female personification of the papacy with tiara and the coat of arms of Gregory XV enthroned between bishops and cardinals. On either side of the pedestal, Saints Peter and Paul are represented. Below the floor level are personifications of Heresy and Fraud.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Peter Paul Rubens VIAF RKD Wikidata, Maria Moretus-De Sweert , Johannes Meursius , Cornelis Galle VIAF RKD Wikidata, Balthasar I Moretus
Types burin engraving , reproductive prints AAT, illustrations AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 316 x 208 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-MK
Description
Subjects allegory (artistic device) AAT, figures (representations)
Tags saints Iconclass, the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara Iconclass, the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword Iconclass, pope Iconclass, insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara Iconclass, historical person (GREGORY XV) Iconclass, archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic) Iconclass, cardinal Iconclass, Heresy; 'Heresia' (Ripa) Iconclass, Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (Ripa) Iconclass, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass, lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, angels Iconclass, Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames) Iconclass, other birds: dove Iconclass, (allegory on) papacy and apostolic succession Iconclass, council, synod ~ Roman Catholic church Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass, liturgical vestments, canonicals Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-MK
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11230/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-MK
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