The Elevation of the Cross

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Baroque artwork altarpiece painting triptych

The Elevation of the Cross is a monumental Baroque altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens, renowned for its dramatic composition, dynamic figures, and intense emotional and spiritual impact.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Elevation of the Cross canonical 4
L’Élévation de la Croix 1
Raising of the Cross 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artwork ⓘ
altarpiece ⓘ
painting ⓘ
triptych ⓘ
artist Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
artisticStyle Flemish Baroque ⓘ
centralPanelDepicts men raising the cross with Christ ⓘ
commissionedBy Church of St. Walburga, Antwerp ⓘ
completionDate 1611 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Southern Netherlands ⓘ
createdIn Antwerp ⓘ
creator Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
currentLocation Antwerp Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
depicts Christ on the Cross ⓘ
surface form: Christ on the cross

Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
Roman soldiers ⓘ
onlookers at the Crucifixion ⓘ
raising of the cross ⓘ
format triptych altarpiece ⓘ
genre religious painting ⓘ
hasPart central panel ⓘ
left wing panel ⓘ
right wing panel ⓘ
iconographicTheme Passion of Christ ⓘ
inception 1610 ⓘ
influencedBy Caravaggio ⓘ
Italian Renaissance art ⓘ
languageOfTitle Dutch ⓘ
leftPanelDepicts followers of Christ and Mary ⓘ
locatedIn Antwerp Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
locatedInCity Antwerp ⓘ
locatedInCountry Belgium ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor diagonal movement ⓘ
dramatic composition ⓘ
dynamic figures ⓘ
intense emotional impact ⓘ
strong chiaroscuro ⓘ
originalLocation Church of St. Walburga, Antwerp ⓘ
panelCount 3 ⓘ
period early career of Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
relatedWork The Descent from the Cross ⓘ
rightPanelDepicts Roman officers and executioners ⓘ
support wood panel ⓘ
titleInDutch De Kruisoprichting ⓘ
titleInFrench The Elevation of the Cross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: L’Élévation de la Croix
titleInGerman Kreuzerhöhung ⓘ
surface form: Die Kreuzaufrichtung

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Paul Rubens → notableWork → The Elevation of the Cross ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens → signatureWork → The Elevation of the Cross ⓘ
The Elevation of the Cross → titleInFrench → The Elevation of the Cross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: L’Élévation de la Croix
Cathedral of Our Lady → notableWorkContained → The Elevation of the Cross ⓘ
Elevation of the Holy Cross → alsoKnownAs → The Elevation of the Cross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raising of the Cross
Antwerp Cathedral → hasArtwork → The Elevation of the Cross ⓘ