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Temptation of Christ
woodcuts after Rubens' designs for the Jesuit Church, Antwerp (see also G.1978.PG.61)

Maker

(wood engraver)
1596-1652

(Artists)
1577-1640

Title

Temptation of Christ
woodcuts after Rubens' designs for the Jesuit Church, Antwerp (see also G.1978.PG.61)

Date of Production

1633

Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 43.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.62

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Label Text

Rubens was closely involved in the reproduction and dissemination of his work; he collaborated with a handful of highly skilled printmakers and even obtained a privilege (the forerunner of a copyright) controlling authorised reproductions. This large-scale woodcut reproduces part of a cycle of paintings Rubens made for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (now destroyed). By the seventeenth century, woodcut had largely been superseded by engraving and etching, but it proved ideal for conveying the force and drama of Rubens’s paintings. Such prints were prized by
discerning collectors during Rubens’s lifetime.

Provenance

E. Williams; from whom acquired by Colnaghi, London, 1 July 1959 (stock no. W 5); where acquired by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 14 July 1959, for £40; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014

Lasting Impressions - Rubens and Printmaking, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/08/2003-21/01/2004

Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989

Literature

Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 14
no. 14 and pp. 1-3, 4 under no. 1, 7 under no. 4, 44, 47, 49 under nos 56 and 57
ill. on p. 12

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : P.P. Rub. delin. (ampersand) exc. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : CVM PRIVILEGIIS //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Christoffel Iegher. sc //

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : monogram on stone beneath figure of Christ : CI (and knife)

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