Lot Essay
This etching is considered to be the only print to be executed by Rubens himself.
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Property from the Collection of Ulrich and Alfred Ochsenbein
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Saint Catherine
Details
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Saint Catherine
etching with engraving, circa 1620-30, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong impression of the third, final state, with narrow to thread margins, the sheet corners and part of the lower sheet edge damaged and repaired, some pale time staining and pinpoint foxmarks
Plate 296 x 198 mm., Sheet 300 x 202 mm.
Saint Catherine
etching with engraving, circa 1620-30, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong impression of the third, final state, with narrow to thread margins, the sheet corners and part of the lower sheet edge damaged and repaired, some pale time staining and pinpoint foxmarks
Plate 296 x 198 mm., Sheet 300 x 202 mm.
Provenance
Charles Howard Hodges (1764-1837), Amsterdam (Lugt 552);.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 1606), with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2482);
Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 1606), with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2482);
Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.
Literature
Hollstein 1
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Tim Schmelcher
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