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Summary

Object

Peter Paul Rubens: Tapestry showing the Baptism of Constantine

Artist

tapestry designer:



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	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 WorldCat

Comans-La Planche
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	: Q76567033 ULAN: 500337080

tapestry weaver:

Workshop of Philipp de Maecht (–1655)
Alternative names	Philip de Maecht; Filip de Maecht; Filippe Maëcht; Philippe Maëcht
Description	artist and tapestry weaver
Date of birth/death		1655
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	1605 –1652
Work location	Paris; Mortlake
Authority file	: Q76769401 VIAF: 96534231 ULAN: 500114610 RKD: 459484

tapestry weaver:

Workshop of Hans Taye (fl. 1620s date QS:P,+1620–00–00T00:00:00Z/8 )
Alternative names	Jean Tayer
Description	tapestry weaver
Work period	1620s date QS:P,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q84636869

Designer

tapestry designer:



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	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 WorldCat

Title

Tapestry showing the Baptism of Constantine

Part of

Story of Constantine

Object type

tapestry

Date

from 1623 until 1625

Medium

wool, silk, gold thread, silver thread and tapestry weave

Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art

	Native name	Philadelphia Museum of Art
	Location	2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 57′ 57″ N, 75° 10′ 53″ W
	Established	1876
	Website	www.philamuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q510324 VIAF: 137352121 ISNI: 0000000404536400 ULAN: 500214534 LCCN: n79005616 NLA: 35420649 WorldCat

Accession number

1959-78-4 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

References

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Photograph

Description	English: Tapestry showing the Baptism of Constantine. Wool and silk and silver and gold threads. 477.5 × 545.5 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inventory number 1959-78-4.
Source	Philadelphia Museum of Art
Author	Phildelphia Museum of Art

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