The Assumption of the Virgin, 1624

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 64.5 x 44.1 cm (25 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.)

sheet: 64.7 x 44.1 cm (25 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David P. Tunick

Accession Number

2009.127.23

Artists / Makers

Paulus Pontius (artist) Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist after) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Petrus paulus Rubenius pinxit / Paulus Pontius sculpsit; lower center in plate: ASSVMPTA EST MARIA IN CAELVM; lower right in plate: Cum privilegijs Regis Christianissmi Serenissimiae Infantis / et Ordinum confederatorum. Anno 1624

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

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.

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1624

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