Live auction - Lot 99
[Flemish]
Christ on the cross.
Antwerp, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1631
Hammer price: €
700
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
Engraving, 60,4 x 43,0 cm, laid paper, signature and address at bottom: "P. P. Rubens Pinxit. / Cum Privilegijs Regis Christianissimi, Serenissimae Infantis, et Ordinum Confederatorum. / B. à Bolswert sculp. et excudit.", Latin title and text in lower margin (few mostly sm. tears).
Wide margins. Under passe-partout and gilt sculpted frame (not studied outside frame).
Large engraving after the drawing in London (British Museum, inv. 1994,0514.39), based on the altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) from ca. 1620 in the Koninklijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (inv. 297). 2nd state before date.
Ref. Hollstein III.62.9.II (of III).