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File:Peter Paul Rubens 181.jpg
Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx.

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Thetis dips Achilles in the Styx.
Object type painting / oil sketch Edit this at Wikidata Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata Description
The goddess Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon can be seen taking the dead across the river in his boat. The scene was painted by Peter Paul Reubens around 1630/1635 as part of the Achilles Series
Date between 1630 and 1635
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 44.1 cm (17.3 in); width: 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,44.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,38.4U174728
Collection
institution QS:P195,Q679527
Current location
room 13
Accession number
1760 (OK)
Object history

18 November 1794: sale of the collection of Fulk Greville at an unknown auction house, London, lot no. 49

by 1925
date QS:P,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925), Northwick Park, Gloucestershire


21 June 1933: sale of the collection of Lord Barrymore at Sotheby's, London, lot no. 28
1933: acquired by Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955)

1933: given to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Daniël George van Beuningen
References

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online.

RKDimages, Art-work number 5008 Source/Photographer collectie.boijmans.nl : Home : Info : Pic

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  1. ↑ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online.

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