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- Title
Occult knowledge and sacred geometry.
- Authors
ESPOSITO, TERESA
- Abstract
This paper explores the diversity and complexity of Rubens's humanist interests and illustrates his appropriation of learned and esoteric knowledge, by discussing the anonymous painting in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in which Rubens is portrayed together with his son Albert. This portrait also depicts a sculpture from Rubens's collection, that of Hecate Triformis, who in antiquity was considered to be a goddess of the underworld. By focusing on the books, manuscripts, Gnostic gems, and the Hecate statue from the artist's collections, this paper will provide a new iconographic analysis of the Hermitage painting.
- Subjects
RUBENS, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640; GOSUDARSTVENNYI Ermitazh (Russia); PORTRAITS of artists; ANONYMOUS paintings; ART collecting
- Publication
De Zeventiende Eeuw, 2016, Vol 32, Issue 2, p211
- ISSN
0921-142X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18352/dze.10130