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Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)
1612-1670

(publisher)
1612-1670

After
(artist)
1599-1641

Title

Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens

Date of Production

1649

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2951.9

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: "30 PETRUS PAULUS RUBENS // Tres renommee, mais encor plus noble per les rares dons, de les quelles il etoit pourveu: car cest // lui pour qui toutes arts liberaux ont employee toutes leur scienses, pour amasser dans lui, le plus haut de leur // pouvoir. certe la painture aijant faict un compact avec la fame pour promulger ses louanges per tout l' // univers) n'a point mancquee en son intention. mais l'Eloquence accompaignee de la Dignite, et Richesse, // la tellement adornee, quele Roij d'Espaigne, le Roy de France, et le Roij d'Angleterre; en temoinage // de ses merites, lui ont faict lhoneur de leur ordres de Chevalerie. Anvers est la ville, de ceste heureuse na; // tivite, le 28. de Iuin, 1577. ausi du deplorable iour de son trespas, lan 1640, le 30 de maij. // I. Meyssens exc". Mount (historic), Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "1010/67 (16)"; lower centre, black ink: "Painted of Banqueting > House at WhiteHall // Van Noo>rt was his first Master".

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