The Assumption of the Virgin

1624

Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David P. Tunick

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.127.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein no. 26, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76552601

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