Saint Catherine | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M2228
People: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title: Saint Catherine
Other Titles: Original Language Title: St. Catherine in the Clouds
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 17th century
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/262556

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 29.7 x 19.9 cm (11 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: P.Paul. Rubens fecit.
inscription: lower left of design area, printer's ink, engraving, signed: signature: P.Paul. Rubens fecit.
inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: cataloguing information: Dut. 15 Rubens

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1922

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: H.1, Du. 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1922
Object Number: M2228
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Michael Cole, ed., The Early Modern Painter-Etcher, Pennsylvania State University Press (University Park, PA, 2006), cat. 24, pp. 115-116 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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M2228: Saint Catherine