Peter Paul Rubens "Landscape with a Huntsman" antique engraving, Antwerp, circa 1638.
Engraver Schelte Adamsz Bolswert.
Published by Gillis Hendricx.
It belongs to the series of small landscapes.
Condition as shown in the photographs.
The lower border with the artists' names has been cut off and attached to the mount.
Dimensions with mount 41.5x52 cm.
For comparison see the British Museum collection, which holds an example from this printing:
Museum numberR,5.46
TitleSeries: Series: Small landscapes
DescriptionLandscape with a huntsman firing a rifle and a herd of cows tended by milk-maids; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1638
Engraving
Production date1638 (circa)(circa)
DimensionsHeight: Height: 316 millimetresWidth: Width: 445 millimetres
Inscriptions
- Inscription type: inscription
- Inscription content: Lettered in lower margin: "Pet. Paul. Rubens pinxit / S. à Bolswert sculpsit" and "Gillis Hendricx excudit".
Curator's commentsThis is one from a series of twenty, for comment see R,5.21. For proof impressions see 1855,0414.277 and 1868,0822.827
After the painting by Rubens in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, inv.no.2013.
LocationNot on display
Exhibition history1996/7 Oct-Jan, London, NG, Rubens' Landscapes
Acquisition date1799
DepartmentPrints and Drawings
Registration numberR,5.46