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After Pierre Paul RUBENS (Siegen, 1577 – Antwerp, 1640).
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After Pierre Paul RUBENS (Siegen, 1577 – Antwerp, 1640).
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Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
After Pierre Paul RUBENS (Siegen, 1577 – Antwerp, 1640). Engraved by Schelte Adamsz. à BOLSWERT (Bolsward, c. 1586 – Antwerp, 1659)
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, c. 1635.
Engraving printed from three copper plates on three joined sheets. Approx. 56.5 x 85.2 cm
Inscription in the lower margin: on the left ‘Petrus Paulus Rubens pinxit’; in the centre ‘Ait ad Simonem IESVS, Noli timere: ex hoc iam, homines eris capiens. Luke chapter V.” and “With the privileges of the Most Christian King, the Princes of the Belgians, and the Orders of Batavia”; on the right “Schelte à Bolswert, engraved and printed. ’
Note:
Proof bearing the Bolswert address, apparently from the first of two states, preceding the Van den Enden address.
Hollstein 11 I (of II); Schneevoogt p. 28, no. 141; Wurzbach 55.
Composition engraved after Rubens’s sketch held at the National Gallery in London, itself based on the central panel of the triptych of Our Lady Beyond the Dyle in Mechelen.
Paper uniformly browned, small stains, visible seams; margins not visible beneath the mount. Not examined unframed.
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About the sale
DE SPILLIAERT AND DE SMET IN GABON, VIA CHINA Khnopff, Mortier, Picasso • Old Master paintings • Chinese bronzes and porcelain • Kota reliquary • Jewellery • Antique weapons
Auction location
Auction time
10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits:
Hugo Sanchez
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