The Cieling [sic] in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

1720

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Simon Gribelin and Peter Paul Rubens

The Cieling [sic] in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

Artist: Simon Gribelin
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

The Cieling [sic] in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

1720

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 325 x 458 mm. (12 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1984.81.2148

Simon Gribelin’s ambitious, three-part engraving reproduces the allegorical ceiling that Peter Paul Rubens painted for the Banqueting House at Whitehall in London. The elaborate ceiling was commissioned by King Charles I in 1629, about the same time that he acquired the Museum’s splendid painting of Rinaldo and Armida by Anthony Van Dyck on view in the neighboring gallery. Composed of nine parts, the ceiling glorifies the King’s father, James I, and good government.

BMA, Jacobs rotation, 11 June - 27 October 2009.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In plate, at lower left: "Grav'd by Sim: Gribelin from the Painting of Sr. P. P. RUBENS on the Cieling [sic] / in the Banqueting:house at WHITE-HALL, in the Year 1720. CUM PRIVIL:DEGUNC:ANNAEREGIN: / This Cieling represents in proper and curious Emblems, the prosperous State of Great Britain in the Reign / of King James the Ist. His Concern for Religion, his Love of Arts and Sciences, the Birth of a Prince, the / Union of the two Kingdoms, and his Majesty's most Eminent Virtues Crown'd with Glory and Immortality."

Markings: CM: verso: Claghorn