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'''''The Battle of the Amazons''''' or '''''Amazonomachia''''' is an oil on wood painting produced around 1615. It shows an [[amazonomachy]]. It is usually attributed to [[Rubens]], showing his huge admiration for [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and his ''[[The Battle of Anghiari (painting)|The Battle of Anghiari]]'',<ref>M. Jaffé, ''Rubens è un italiano'', in ''Rubens. Catalogo completo''. Milano, Rizzoli, 1987, pp. 66–84. {{ISBN|881725701X}}.</ref> though the biographer Giovanni Pietro Bellori has attributed it to [[Anthony van Dyck]]. It is now in the [[Alte Pinakothek]] in [[Munich]].
'''''The Battle of the Amazons''''' or '''''Amazonomachia''''' is an oil on wood painting produced around 1618.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/images/261458 Peter Paul Rubens, ''Battle between horsemen''] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]</ref> It shows an [[amazonomachy]], i.e. a mythological battle between the [[ancient Greeks]] and the [[Amazons]], a nation of all-female warriors.

The work by [[Rubens]] shows his huge admiration for [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Battle of Anghiari (painting)|Battle of Anghiari]]'', of which he owned a copy which he had touched up.<ref>M. Jaffé, ''Rubens è un italiano'', in ''Rubens. Catalogo completo''. Milano, Rizzoli, 1987, pp. 66–84. {{ISBN|881725701X}}.</ref> It is in the collection of the [[Alte Pinakothek]] in [[Munich]].<ref>[https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artwork/2mxqZgML8b Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640),
Die Amazonenschlacht, um 1618] at the Alte Pinakothek site</ref>


This painting was formerly in the collection of [[Cornelis van der Geest]] and can be seen in two paintings of his art gallery in the 1630s by [[Willem van Haecht]].
This painting was formerly in the collection of [[Cornelis van der Geest]] and can be seen in two paintings of his art gallery in the 1630s by [[Willem van Haecht]].
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 19 July 2024

The Battle of the Amazons
ArtistPeter Paul Rubens
Yearc. 1618
Mediumoil on wood
Dimensions121 cm × 165.5 cm (48 in × 65.2 in)
LocationAlte Pinakothek, Munich

The Battle of the Amazons or Amazonomachia is an oil on wood painting produced around 1618.[1] It shows an amazonomachy, i.e. a mythological battle between the ancient Greeks and the Amazons, a nation of all-female warriors.

The work by Rubens shows his huge admiration for Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari, of which he owned a copy which he had touched up.[2] It is in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.[3]

This painting was formerly in the collection of Cornelis van der Geest and can be seen in two paintings of his art gallery in the 1630s by Willem van Haecht.

  • Apelles painting Campaspe, 1630
    Apelles painting Campaspe, 1630
  • The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, 1628
    The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, 1628

Notes

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  1. ^ Peter Paul Rubens, Battle between horsemen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. ^ M. Jaffé, Rubens è un italiano, in Rubens. Catalogo completo. Milano, Rizzoli, 1987, pp. 66–84. ISBN 881725701X.
  3. ^ [https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artwork/2mxqZgML8b Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Die Amazonenschlacht, um 1618] at the Alte Pinakothek site
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