Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: grapes.
Sheet size: 19 x 29.1 cm (7.48 x 11.46 inch). Image size: 19 x 29.1 cm. (7.48 x 11.46 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Paper loss in bottom right corner, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PLATO, ANCIENT GREECE, CLASSICAL BUST, PHILOSOPHER PORTRAIT, ANTIQUE SCULPTURE, LUCAS VORSTERMAN, RUBENS, ENGRAVING | PCO-E22-32
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Lucas Vorsterman I under privilege of the Spanish crown; part of the series of twelve “Antieke bustes”.
Reference: Hollstein Dutch 107.
Biography engraver: Lucas Vorsterman I (c. 1595?1675) was a Flemish Baroque engraver closely associated with Peter Paul Rubens. He was one of the leading engravers in Rubens’s workshop and known for his detailed and expressive portrait engravings.
Biography artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640) was a prolific Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman, and diplomat. He maintained a large studio in Antwerp and was renowned for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and historical paintings.
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