File:Ferdinand van Kessel Europe 01.jpg

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Ferdinand van Kessel the Elder: Europe.  wikidata:Q27982337 reasonator:Q27982337
Artist
Ferdinand van Kessel the Elder (1648–1696)  wikidata:Q3742529
 
Alternative names
Ferdinand van Kessel (I)
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 7 April 1648 (baptised) 1696 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Breda Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1663 and circa 1696
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1663-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1696-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Antwerp (circa 1663-1680), Breda (circa 1689-1696)
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artist QS:P170,Q3742529
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Title
English: Allegory of Europe (central section).
Polski: Alegoria Europy (kwatera środkowa).
Series title Allegory of Asia Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1689
date QS:P571,+1689-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 72 cm (28.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,72U174728
institution QS:P195,Q95569
Accession number
GG_2802
Object history before 1689
date QS:P,+1689-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1689-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: commissioned by Michał Antoni Hacki (1630-1703), Abbot of Oliwa Monastery

1689: given to John III Sobieski by Michał Antoni Hacki

1747/1748: transferred to Schatzkammer in Vienna
Notes
English: Signed: Ferdinando van Kessel fecit 1689. In the background the effigies of contemporary figures:
  • busts: Charles II of Spain, left (CARLOLUS D. G. HISP. ET INDIAR. REX), Joseph I of Hungary, right (JOSEPHUS I D. G. HUNGARIAE REX),
  • portrait of Pope Innocent XI (INNOC:XI:A° PONT:XIII.AET:LXXVIII.PAPA:CCXLIV / VIVAT ... FELICITER).
  • coats of arms of Spain (HISPANIA), Hungary (HUNGARIA), Poland (POLONIA), France (FRANCIA) and England (ANGLIA).
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Source/Photographer bilddatenbank.khm.at
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