Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy
before 1618, Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy
Charles the Bold (1433–1477), the last of the Burgundian dukes, hoped to create an independent kingdom of Burgundy from his ancestral homeland of Burgundy and the Netherlands but was thwarted by the resistance of the Swiss Confederacy and of the duke of Lorraine. He was killed in a battle against the latter outside Nancy in 1477. Here Rubens created an idealised portrait of the duke that expresses his attitude and claim to power.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Dated
before 1618
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) - GND
Material
oak wood
Dimensions
118,5 x 102 cm
Framed: 143,5 cm × 128,4 cm × 10,5 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 704
Provenance
Probably from Rubens' estate; city palace Prinz Eugen, Vienna; 1772 documented in the gallery
Depiction/Person
Duc Charles de Philippe le Bon de Bourgogne (1433 - 1477) - GND
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