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Summary

Frans Francken the Younger: Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels

Artist



Alternative names	Frans Franck (II)
Description	Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1581 / 5 May 1581	6 May 1642
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work location	Antwerp
Authority file	: Q1442507 VIAF: 95434431 ISNI: 0000000107923869 ULAN: 500002177 LCCN: n84066128 MusicBrainz: f1d018b6-8ece-4317-b4fa-1f03a66dced5 WorldCat

Title

Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Description

Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels. In the middle Charles V is seated on his throne flanked by his successors Ferdinand I and Philip II. In front of Philip the personifications of the territories of the Empire with their banners are kneeling down. In the foreground the personifications of the continents, America, Africa, Europe and Asia, are offering gifts. Left Neptune is riding his seahorse-drawn Triumphal chariot, accompanied by mermen, mermaids, tritons, etc. On the chariot a globe and the two columns with a banderole inscribed with Plus Ultra.

Date

between circa 1630 and circa 1640

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 134 cm (52.7 in)

; width: 172 cm (67.7 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Current location

room 2.1

Accession number

SK-A-112 (Rijksmuseum)

Place of creation

Antwerp

Object history

1805: acquired by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Exhibition history

Keizer Karel en zijn tijd, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 3 April 1955–30 June 1955, cat. no. 45.

Carlos y su ambiente. Exposicion homenaje en el IV Centenario de su muerte (1558-1958), Toledo, October 1958–November 1958, cat. no. 47.

Mechelen 4 eeuwen aartsbisschoppelijke stad, Kultureel Centrum, Mechelen, 28 July 1961–1 October 1961, cat. no. 52.

De kogel door de kerk? De opstand in de Nederlanden en de rol van de Unie van Utrecht, 1559-1609, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, 24 February 1979–4 June 1979, p. 9.

Willem de Zwijger 1533-1584 = Guillaume le Taciturne 1533-1584 = Wilhelm der Schweiger 1533-1584 = William the Silent 1533-1584, Stedelijk Museum Broodhuis, City of Brussels, 22 September 1984–4 November 1984, cat. no. 2.5.

Rijksmuseum on the Scheldt. Masterpieces from the treasure-house of the Netherlands/Rijksmuseum aan de Schelde. Meesterwerken uit de schatkamer van Nederland, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 9 October 2004–31 December 2007.

Het Vredesjaar 1609, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague, 16 September 2009–10 January 2010, no catalog known.

Inscriptions

center left:

Plvs. Vltra.

Caption and signature bottom right:

S: R: Imperii spontenea resignation A Carolo / V. IMP. in FERD. I. Fr: Regnorvmq hæred in / PHLM. II. hisp. regem Fil Facta Brux: æ.1555. / Ex inven: d. petri. de hannicart. ffranck.

References

Anonymous, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels, circa 1630-circa 1640.
Anonymous, RKDimages, Art-work number 49315, as Allegory on the Abdication of the Emperor Charles V in Brussels, 25 October 1555, between circa 1630 and circa 1640

AnonymousUnknown author, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40004748, as Allegorie op de troonsafstand van keizer Karel V te Brussel, 25 oktober 1555, 1600-1642.

AnonymousUnknown author, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016699, as Allegorie auf die Abdankung Karls 5. in Brüssel am 25. Oktober1555

Anonymous, Web Gallery of Art, as Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels, 25 October 1555,, circa 1620.

Horn, H.J., Revue d'art canadienne Art Review I (1986), pp. 23-29.

Vittu, Jean Cornelisz. Vermeyen, Institut des belles lettres Arabes CXL (1979), p. 73, 246.

Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).

Source/Photographer

www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:59, 26 June 2014		7,218 × 5,606 (5.48 MB)	Vincent Steenberg	higher resolution
	17:59, 21 April 2008		1,600 × 1,237 (321 KB)	BoH	{{Information \|Description=Allegorie op de troonsafstand van keizer Karel V op 25 oktober 1555 te Brussel \|Source=[http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-a-112.z Rijksmuseum] \|Date=~1620 \|Author=Frans Francken II \|Permission= \|other_versions= }