''Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene'' is a painting by
Anthony van Dyck. He produced it in 1617-19 as the high altarpiece for the Jesuit church in
Bergues
Bergues (; nl, Sint-Winoksbergen; vls, Bergn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated to the south of Dunkirk and from the Belgian border. Locally it is referred to as "the other Bruges in Flanders". Bergues ...
, near
Dunkirk, during his time as an assistant painter to
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradi ...
- for a long time the painting was even attributed to Rubens. It was paid to Rubens in 1621 and seems to have been sold around 1746. It was bought by
Louis XV of France
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in
Antwerp in 1749 to be the high altarpiece of Saint-Louis de Versailles at the
Palace of Versailles. It is now in the
Louvre
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, in
Paris
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.
See also
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List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck
The following is an incomplete list of works by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641).
Portraits (1613–1632)
Between 1613 and 1632, van Dyck travelled all over Europe – from his native Antwerp (where he began working as a painte ...
References
External links
*http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=4931
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Religious paintings by Anthony van Dyck
1619 paintings
van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh ...
Paintings in the Louvre by Flemish artists
Paintings of the Virgin Mary
Paintings depicting Mary Magdalene
Altarpieces