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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.39
People
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, Dutch (Bolsward, The Netherlands 1586 - 1659 Antwerp)
After Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Christ on the Cross
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316180

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 55.4 x 33 cm (21 13/16 x 13 in.)
sheet: 56.5 x 34.2 cm (22 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit, S. a Bolfwert fculpsit l.r. Gillis Hendricx excudit
  • inscription:
  • inscription: graphite on accompanyng folder: £3

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii
Standard Reference Number
H. 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.39
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Bolswert engraved numerous reproductive works after Flemish artists, including Gerhard Seghers, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens. Beginning in the 1630s, he produced at least eighty works after Peter Paul Rubens. Although only four were made with Rubens' explicit approval, Bolswert's painterly approach--using fine cross-hatching and dotted effects--made him a most effective translator of Rubens' paintings into print.

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