Assumption of the Virgin | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R2096
People: Paulus Pontius, Flemish (Antwerp 1603 - 1658 Antwerp)
After Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title: Assumption of the Virgin
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Assumpta est Maria in caelum
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1624
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/241735

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 65 x 44.5 cm (25 9/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR: $20.00 see Nagler 81

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii/iii
Standard Reference Number: LeBlanc 23; Hollstein 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R2096
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Dulce María Román, "Rubens and the Emergence of High Baroque Style at the Court of Madrid", Athanor, Florida State University, Department of Art History (Tallahassee, FL, 2000), XVIII, 51, fig. 5

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R2096: Assumption of the Virgin