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Peter Paul Rubens

A work made of etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1630/45

Artist:

Paul Pontius (Flemish, 1603-1658)
after Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)

About this artwork

Paul Pontius was trained as a painter prior to studying engraving. By the age of 24, he was a master in the Antwerp guild and was the primary artist responsible for making engravings after the work of Peter Paul Rubens. During his life, Rubens closely supervised the printmakers who reproduced his work, encouraging them to imitate his style as closely as possible. Pontius actually lived in Rubens’s house until a year after the painter’s death, at which time he went on to make engravings, such as this one, after Anthony van Dyck and other artists like Titian and Diego Velázquez. He also became a well-known portrait engraver.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Pontius

Title

Peter Paul Rubens

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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1630–1645

Medium

Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 23.4 × 15.6 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.4 × 16.6 cm (9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mary Morley Sellers

Reference Number

1940.1339

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