Die Krönung des Tugendhelden,

um 1613/14

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

221,5 x 200,2 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal VII

Department

Flämische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

997

Acquisition

1806 aus der Galerie Düsseldorf

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Peter Paul Rubens, Die Krönung des Tugendhelden, um 1613/14, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A0GOl6l4dp (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

The crowning of the virtuous hero by Victoria, the goddess of victory, is reinterpreted here in the struggle against vice. The satyr representing drunkenness is lying on the ground and Venus, who stands for unchaste love, is pushed aside by the diagonally held staff. Her power has been broken, as suggested by the weeping Cupid at her shoulder and the strewn arrows. Invidia—envy—withdraws into the shadows. Victoria’s pose, with her legs crossed elegantly, has been borrowed from Antiquity, as has the subject itself.