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Summary

Peter Paul Rubens: The Origin of the Milky Way  wikidata:Q3885854 reasonator:Q3885854
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens  (1577–1640)  wikidata:Q5599 s:it:Autore:Pieter Paul Rubens q:en:Peter Paul Rubens
 
Peter Paul Rubens
Alternative names
Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 28 June 1577 Edit this at Wikidata 30 May 1640 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Siegen Antwerp
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5599
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The creation of the milky way (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 168-171) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The creation of the milky way (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 168-171) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The creation of the milky way (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 168-171) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Origine della Via Lattea"
label QS:Lja,"天の川の誕生"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Origine de la Voie lactée"
label QS:Larz,"اصل درب التبانه"
label QS:Leu,"Esne Bidearen sorrera"
label QS:Leo,"La naskiĝo de la Lakta Vojo"
label QS:Lnl,"The Origin of the Milky Way"
label QS:Les,"El nacimiento de la Vía Láctea"
label QS:Lfa,"پیدایش راه شیری"
label QS:Lde,"The Origin of the Milky Way"
label QS:Lar,"أصل درب التبانة"
label QS:Lru,"Рождение Млечного Пути"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Birth of the Milky Way
Español: El nacimiento de la Vía Láctea
Português: O nascimento da Vía Láctea
Depicted people
Date between 1636 and 1637
date QS:P571,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 181 cm (71.2 in); width: 244 cm (96 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,181U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,244U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160112
Current location
Se encargó para la Torre de la Parada. Ficha en la web del museo.
Accession number
P01668
References
Source/Photographer [1]
Other versions
Remastered color

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The Birth of the Milky Way (c. 1637). Oil on canvas, 181 cm × 244 cm (71 in × 96 in). Museo del Prado, Madrid

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