The Elevation of the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens · 1610
The story
The Elevation of the Cross or The Raising of the Cross is the title of a large triptych painted in oil on panel by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp in the years 1610 and 1611. It hangs in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. The work is a winged altarpiece, with hinged wings that can be folded over the central panel, allowing an 'open view' and a 'closed view'. The three panels on the obverse side depict in a creative way episodes from the Passion of Jesus at the moment of the raising of the Cross on which Jesus is nailed.
- Artist
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Date
- 1610
- Collection
- Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium
- Movement
- Baroque
- Medium
- oil paint, oakwood, panel
- Size
- 460 × 640 cm
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