Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp). After.
Engraver: Schelte Adams Bolswert (Dutch, Bolsward 1581–1659 Antwerp). Schelte a Bolswert (1586–1659) was a leading Dutch engraver noted for his works after Rubens and Van Dyck.
Title: Diana returning from the Chase.
Signed and inscribed in plate: Sic vobis lassæ sint præmia fausta puellæ: Conueniunt epulis poma feræque bene; Pet. Paul Rubbens pinx.; S. à Bolswert sculpsit; Gillis Hendricx excud. Antwerpiae.
Dimensions: Sheet 12 1/2" x 14'. Backing sheet 15 1/4" x 19 1/4".
Publisher: Gillis Hendricx (Flemish, active 1640–1677).
Date: 1625-1659.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Watermark: Apparently, no. Verso is not visible as the print is laid on another sheet of paper.
Mat and Frame: Backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The engraving is trimmed to the platemark and fully adhered to the backing laid watermarked paper. The backing sheet cut unevenly. Tears to the backing sheet. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: C. G. Voorhelm Schneevoogt, Directeur du Musée Teyler à Harlem. Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens. Les Héritiers Loosjes, Haarlem, 1873, cat. no. 24, p. 122.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum R,4.58. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 51.501.7682.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entries and uses the catalog descriptions of the same items from the collections of the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
After the painting by Rubens in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inv. No. 962 (Rooses 597).