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SCHELTE ADAMS BOLSWERT (CIRCA 1586-1659) AFTER PIETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
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SCHELTE ADAMS BOLSWERT (CIRCA 1586-1659) AFTER PIETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)

The Resurrection of Christ

Closed10 December 2019

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SCHELTE ADAMS BOLSWERT (CIRCA 1586-1659) AFTER PIETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
The Resurrection of Christ
engraving, circa 1630-45, on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Bend surmounted by Fleur-de-Lys (this variant not in Heawood), a very fine impression of the first state (of four), published by Martin van den Enden, Antwerp, with margins, a few pinpoint foxmarks, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 420 x 297 mm., Sheet 465 x 335 mm.

With P. & D. Colnaghi, London.
Acquired from the above, on 12 December 1977.

Specialist note

This print is based on the central panel of a triptych in the Cathedral of Antwerp, painted for the tomb of Jan Moretus, the apprentice and heir of the great printer and publisher Christophe Plantin (circa 1520-1589). Moretus's son Balthasar was a close friend of Rubens.