Le Coup de Lance

1631

Boëtius Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Boëtius Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1580 - 1633

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

This is a drawing of a crucifixion scene. The image depicts three figures on crosses. The central figure is crowned with thorns. The figures around them show expressions of sorrow and anguish. Shadows and light are used to enhance the scene. There is detail in the drapery and anatomy of the figures. Below the central scene, there is an inscription in Latin. The sky is dark and tumultuous.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.2 x 43 cm (23 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 64 x 47 cm (25 3/16 x 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.19.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 9, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

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 center in plate: IESVS CRVCIFIXVS; across bottom of plate: Venerunt milites et quidem primi fregerunt...; lower left in plate: P. P. Rubens pinxit; lower center in plate: Cum Privilegijs Regis Christianissimi, Serenissime Infantis, et Ordinum Confederatorum; lower right in plate: B. à Bolswert Sculp. et excudit; lower center verso in graphite: 15/-; Museum at Anvers

Wikidata ID

Q76336757

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