Landscape with stone carriers.

Engraving, 33,4 x 45,5 cm, signed at bottom left: "Petrus P. Rubbens pinxit. / S. à Bolswert sculpsit.", address at bottom right: "Gillis Hendricx excud. / Antverpiae Cum privilegio.", Latin text in lower margin (few spots).

Laid down on paper. Good impression with margins.

From the "Small landscapes" series (n. 5) after Rubens, produced ca. 1638. After the painting in Saint Petersburg (The State Hermitage Museum). 4th state with the address of Gillis Hendricx (17th century). Dedicated by Martinus vanden Enden (ca. 1605-1674) to the painter Cornelis de Wael (1592-1667).
Ref. Hollstein III.89.305-325.IV (of V).
Prov. Albert Van Loock (1917-2011), Belgian art dealer (stamp, L. 3751).