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1630

Paulus Pontius after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Alexander Voet I

Publisher, Flemish, 1613 - 1689/1690

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image features a cow's head at the center with a draped cloth underneath bearing the text "Petrus Paulus Rubens delineavit." Above the cow's head, an owl is perched, and on either side, stacks of rectangular blocks resembling bricks are present. The color palette consists mainly of sepia tones. At the top center, crossed paintbrushes and palette knives are depicted, while on both sides, items like a painter's palette and a smoking flame can be seen. The composition appears symmetrical, with the cow's head and cloth at the center, the owl above, and the blocks flanking them on both sides, with a container overflowing with coins at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 31.6 × 21.1 cm (12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.1164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 157, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Drawing Book after Rubens

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at center: PETRVS PAVLVS / RVBBENS / DELINEAVIT.; in plate, at bottom left: Paul. Pontius sculpsit.; in plate, at bottom center: ANTVERPIAE, Apud Alexander Voet. verso: none

Markings

recto: at lower right, unidentified collector's mark

Wikidata ID

Q65576110

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