File:Clevelandart 1996.26.jpg
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[edit]Hendrick van Balen the Younger: The Trinity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Hendrik van Balen |
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Title |
The Trinity |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
This vividly colored altarpiece was made in Antwerp, the center of religious learning in Catholic Flanders. In the mid-1500s when the Catholic Church mounted a defense against the spread of Protestant reforms, known as the Counter-Reformation, it encouraged the production of religious images that promoted Catholic doctrine, offering opportunities for artists like Rubens, Van Dyck, and Van Balen. Van Balen’s painting depicts the traditional theme of the Trinity, with God the Father holding the dead Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit hovering above. Unusually, God wears the purple papal tiara, intended to emphasize the pope’s role as God’s true representative on earth. Encircling the figures of the Trinity are angels holding the instruments of Christ’s Passion. On the clasp of God’s elaborate cape is a small figure of Saint Barbara, perhaps a clue to the original location of the work in a chapel dedicated to her. |
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Date |
1615 date QS:P571,+1615-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions | Framed: 134 x 107 x 7 cm (52 3/4 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 114.6 x 73.9 cm (45 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
European Painting and Sculpture |
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Accession number |
1996.26 |
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Place of creation | Flanders, 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.26 |
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