The Bounty of James I triumphing over Avarice
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
1577-1640
Title
The Bounty of James I triumphing over Avarice
Date of Production
1632-33
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
Height: 46.2 cm (panel)
Width: 30.8 cm (panel)
Width: 30.8 cm (panel)
Object Number
P.1978.PG.377
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
- Avarice
Label Text
Peter Paul Rubens received commissions from rulers all over Europe. This sketch relates to one from King Charles I for the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace, London. The final nine ceiling canvasses are still in place today. Here, a woman holds a horn of plenty filled with fruit and coins, celebrating the generosity of Charles’s father, James I, and the prosperity of the Stuart dynasty.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Rubens and Britain, Tate Britain, London, 21/11/2011-06/05/2012
Rubens in England - The Whitehall Ceiling Multiple Panel, Tate Britain, London, 15/03/2008-15/06/2008
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004
...Moreto be displayed with permanent collection, London & England, 25/09/1997-15/09/1998
...LessLiterature
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 33
Fig. p. pl. 33
cat. no. 33
Fig. p. pl. 33
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