The Gerbier Family

1755

James McArdell

Artist, British, c. 1729 - 1765

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

James McArdell after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.9 x 45.4 cm (18 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 x 48.9 cm (18 11/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 86, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

across lower center: The Original Picture by Sr. PETER PAUL REUBENS in the Collection of Samson Gideon Esqr. at BELVIDERE in KENT / to Whom this PRINT is Humbly Dedicated, By His Most Obedeient and Devoted Servant, William Jett.; lower left in plate: Wm Jett Delineavit; lower right in plate: Js. Mc. Ardell Fecit
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Wikidata ID

Q76342851

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