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Boetius Adams Bolswert, engraver

Christ on the Cross with the Two Thieves, ca. 1631

Description

Maker

Title

Christ on the Cross with the Two Thieves

Year

ca. 1631

Medium

Engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 61.6 x 43.3 cm (24 1/4 x 17 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil, UL:3 of-; in LL:1st finished state/before the date 1631.In Plate--In LL:P.P. Rubens pinxit.; in LC:Cum Priuilegijs Regis Christianissimi, Serenissimae Infantis, et Ordinum Confederatorum.; in LR:B. à Bolswert sculp. et excudit.; titled, LC:IESVS CRVCIFIXVS.; Latin inscription below title:Venerunt milites:et quidem... (see print for full inscription)

Identification

State

ii/iii

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

66.321

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Bolswert, one of the engravers who worked for the Antwerp painter Peter Paul Rubens, engraved in a manner almost indistinguishable from other of Rubens's engravers, particularly his brother Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert. Rubens’s original painting was commissioned by the Antwerp burgomaster Nicolaas Rockox for the high altar of the Minderbroeders (Friars Minor, or Franciscan) Church in Antwerp. The verses below from John: 19 describe the moment when Christ was lanced with a soldier’s spear.

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