Peter Paul Rubens "Landscape with a Castle" engraving, circa 1638.
It belongs to the series "Small Landscapes".
Engraver Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert.
Condition as shown in the photographs.
Dimensions 32x45 cm.
For comparison see the British Museum collection, which holds an example from this series:
Museum number1891,0414.1285
TitleSeries: Series: Small landscapes
DescriptionThe park of a castle; couples playing on the grass in foreground, a girl with musical instruments in lower left, beyond is a castle surrounded by a moat; later state with number; after Peter Paul Rubens.
Engraving
Production date1638 (circa) (circa)
Production place
Published in: Antwerp (city)
Europe: Belgium: Flemish Region: Antwerp (province): Antwerp (city)
Inscriptions
- Inscription type: inscription
- Inscription content: Lettered in lower margin: "Pet. Paulus Rubens pinxit / S. à Bolswert sculpsit". Numbered 6 in lower right.
Curator's commentsThis is one from a series of twenty, for comment see R,5.21. For another impression of this plate see also R,5.41; for a proof impression see 1855,0414.170.
After the painting by Rubens in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv.no.696.
LocationNot on display
Acquisition date1891
DepartmentPrints and Drawings
Registration number1891,0414.1285
