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The Descent from the Cross

Maker

After
(artist)
1577-1640

(engraver)
1595-1675

(publisher)
1595-1675

Title

The Descent from the Cross

Date of Production

1620

Medium

engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 57.2 cm
Width: 42.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7275

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

Literature

Dutch and Flemish Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700
Fig. p. no. 31

Inscriptions

Inscription: Cum privilegÿs, Regis Christianissimi, Principum Belgarum, & Ordinum Batauiae. //

Inscription: Lucas Vorsterman Sculp. et excud. An. 1620. //

Inscription: ILLVSTRISSIMO ECCELLISSIMO AC PRVDENTISSIMO DOMINO, DOMINO DVDLEYO CARLETON EQVITI, MAGNAE BRITANNIAE REGIS AD CONFOEDERATARVM PROVINCIARVM IN BELGIO ORDINES, LEGATO; PICTORIAE ARTIS EGREGIO ADMIRATORI / Petrus Paulus Rubens, gratudinis et benivolentiae ergo nuncupat, dedicatque //

Inscription: After Rubens / Eng by L Vorsterman / ? / The first impression of this fine print are before the addition of / Corn van Meulen - //

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