Famous work · not an exact-location map point
The Elevation of the Cross
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
This famous work does not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. The connection below explains its actual relationship to the real world.
- Date
- 1610-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Location relations
Each kind of real-world link is kept separate — a documented viewpoint is never merged with a depicted place or a creation location.
Inspired by this place — general area
crucifixion of Jesus
Where the original is now
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal
In the collection of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal), Antwerp — the triptych ‘The Elevation of the Cross’ by Peter Paul Rubens, 1610–11, oil on panel, central panel 460 × 340 cm; painted for the high altar of St Walburga’s church, in the cathedral since 1816 (dekathedraal.be)
- ‘Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard’, Part II: The Eucharist / early altarpieces; Hans Vlieghe on Rubens’s Antwerp altarpieces
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