File:Constantine Directing the Building of Constantinople (tapestry) - 1623-1625.jpg

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Peter Paul Rubens: Constantine Directing the Building of Constantinople  wikidata:Q96484529 reasonator:Q96484529
Artist
tapestry designer:
creator_role QS:P,Q64335473
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
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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)
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creator QS:P170,Q5599
Comans-La Planche   wikidata:Q76567033
 
Alternative names
Comans-La Planche manufactory; Comans-La Planche tapestry workshop; Comans-La Planche tapestry factory; Faubourg Saint-Marcel manufactory of Marc de Comans and François de la Planche
Authority file
tapestry weaver:
creator_role QS:P,Q21117684
Workshop of Philipp de Maecht  (–1655) wikidata:Q76769401
 
Alternative names
Philip de Maecht; Filip de Maecht; Filippe Maëcht; Philippe Maëcht
Description artist and tapestry weaver
Date of birth/death 1655 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lübeck London
Work period 1605 Edit this at Wikidata–1652 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris; Mortlake Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Designer
tapestry designer:
creator_role QS:P,Q64335473
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)
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creator QS:P170,Q5599
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Title
Constantine Directing the Building of Constantinople
label QS:Lde,"Konstantin leitet den Bau in Konstantinopel"
label QS:Len,"Constantine Directing the Building of Constantinople"
label QS:Lpl,"Cesarz Konstantyn zakłada Konstantynopol"
label QS:Lnl,"keizer Constantijn sticht Constantinopel"
Series title Story of Constantine Edit this at Wikidata
Object type tapestry Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Constantine Directing the Building of Constantinople(title used by the museum) or The Foundation of Constantinople. Tapestry featuring Constantine from the series "The History of Constantine the Great". Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States. Great Stair Hall Balcony, second floor. ID 1959-78-7.
Depicted people Constantine the Great Edit this at Wikidata
Date from 1623 until 1625
date QS:P,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium wool, silk, gold thread, silver thread and tapestry weaving Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 483.9 cm (15.8 ft) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 480.1 cm (15.7 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+483.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+480.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q510324
Accession number
1959-78-7 (Philadelphia Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history This tapestry comes from the series known as "The History of Constantine the Great," seven of which were presented to Cardinal Francesco Barberini by Louis XIII of France in 1625.
References

Photograph

Source www.philamuseum.org, cropped prior to upload
Other versions
  • Triumph of Constantine over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (tapestry).
    Triumph of Constantine over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (tapestry).

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