Christ Crucified between Two Thieves, 1640s

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 27, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2000.31.1

Artists / Makers

Schelte Adams Bolswert (artist) Flemish, 1586 - 1659

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

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

(Artemis, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

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