Landscape with a Large Rainbow

c. 1638

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows a rural landscape with a lower angle viewpoint. The horizon is positioned at the upper third of the image with a strip of lighter sky contrasting with dark clouds. The horizon is dotted with trees and farm structures. The brushstroke technique is intricate with fine lines creating texture. The color palette consists of black, gray, and white. Two figures are walking on a path through a wooded area, and haystacks and a horse-drawn cart are visible in the distance. Depth is achieved through the transition from dark foliage to lighter fields. An element in the sky suggests a rainbow or beam of light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34 x 45.5 cm (13 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 36 x 47.8 cm (14 3/16 x 18 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.182.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 315, State iv/v

  • Series Title

    Set of Small Landscapes

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1873

  • Schneevoogt, C. G. Voorhelm. Catalogue des Estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens. Haarlem: Les Héritiers Loosjes, 1873.

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: P.P. Rubens pinxit / S. a. Bolswert sculpsit; lower right in plate: Gillis Hendricx excudit; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 5-53-11 / 970592

Wikidata ID

Q76357314

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