Name: Antique Master Print-CHRIST-AT EMMAUS-DISCIPLES-van Sompel-Rubens-1643
SKU: PCO_1822
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Antique Master Print-CHRIST-AT EMMAUS-DISCIPLES-van Sompel-Rubens-1643

€295.00

‘INSCRIBED: ‘P. PAUL. RUBENIUS PINXIT’, ‘P. A SOMPEL ANTVERP. SCULPS. CUM PRIVILE.’ AND PUBLISHER NAMES. LATIN VERSES BELOW.’

– Christ seated at the center of a table with three disciples, a servant in the background and a dog in the foreground. Christ has a faint halo.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 32.3 x 34.3 cm (12.72 x 13.5 inch). Image size: 32.3 x 34.3 cm. (12.72 x 13.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Small tear in top paper edge. Small pinsize thin paper spot at bottom. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHRIST AT EMMAUS, RUBENS, VAN SOMPEL, BAROQUE, BIBLICAL, 17TH-CENTURY PRINT, RELIGIOUS, ETCHING, CLEMENT DE JONGHE, PIETER SOUTMAN | PCO-B8-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Based on painting by Rubens. Published by Pieter Soutman and later Clement de Jonghe.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 10.

Biography engraver: Pieter van Sompel (active c.1640-1650) was a Flemish engraver known for reproductive prints after Rubens. Active in Antwerp in the mid-17th century.

Biography artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish painter and diplomat, major Baroque artist known for dynamic compositions and religious themes.