Christ Crucified between Two Thieves

1640s

Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.7 x 43.4 cm (23 7/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 65.7 x 47.2 cm (25 7/8 x 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.31.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 27, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Artemis, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

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

lower left in plate: Pet. Paul. Rubens pinxit / S. à Bp;swert ssculpsit; lower center in plate: ET LATRONES UNUM A DEXTRIS ET ALTERUM A SINISTRIS. Luc. 23.; lower right in plate: Gillis Hendericx excud. / Antwerpiae.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 19; lower right verso in graphite: 190 D

Wikidata ID

Q75430701

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