The Bounty of James I triumphing over Avarice
Maker
(Artists)
1577-1640
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)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.377
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
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, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004 ...More
to be displayed with permanent collection, London & England, 25/09/1997-15/09/1998 ...Less
Rubens in England - The Whitehall Ceiling Multiple Panel, Tate Britain, London, 15/03/2008-15/06/2008
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004 ...More
to be displayed with permanent collection, London & England, 25/09/1997-15/09/1998 ...Less
Literature
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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