Anton Ghering (died 1668) was a
Flemish Baroque painter
Flemish Baroque painting was a style of painting in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with th ...
who specialized in architectural church interiors.
He is best known for his interior of the
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
church of ''St. Walburgis'' (
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ( Dutch: ''Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen''; KMSKA) is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to t ...
) which records the original placement along with the frame and
predella
In art a predella (plural predelle) is the lowest part of an altarpiece, sometimes forming a platform or step, and the painting or sculpture along it, at the bottom of an altarpiece, sometimes with a single much larger main scene above, but oft ...
paintings of
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...
's ''
Raising of the Cross
The raising of the Cross or elevation of the Cross has been a distinct subject in the Life of Christ in art depicting the start of the Crucifixion of Jesus. ''.
[Susanne Heiland, "Two Rubens Paintings Rehabilitated," in ''The Burlington Magazine'', vol. 111, no. 796. (July, 1969), pp. 421–427 (esp. p. 426).]
Sources
* Hans Jantzen, ''Das Niederländische Architekturbild'', Braunschweig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910
* Bernard G. Maillet, ''La Peinture Architecturale des Ecoles du Nord : les Intérieurs d'Eglises 1580-1720'', Pandora Publishers Wijnegem, 2012,
1668 deaths
Flemish Baroque painters
Year of birth unknown
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