ID 1303488
Lot 15 | PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
Saint Catherine
etching with engraving
circa 1620-30
on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with seven-pointed Collar
a brilliant impression of the only print executed by the artist
third, final state
printing very strongly and sharply, to a great three-dimensional effect
with many wiping marks, plate impurities and a light plate tone
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate: 11 ½ x 7 ¾ in. (294 x 198 mm.)
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (299 x 204 mm.)
Provenance
Arthur Friederich Theodor Bohnenberger (1826-1893), Stuttgart (Lugt 68); then by descent to his son Theodor (1868-1941).
H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 13-17 May 1907, lot 822 ('Abdruck von grösster Schönheit und Frische auf Schellenkappe Papier. Äußerst selten').
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654), probably acquired at the above sale; his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26-30 April 1921, lot 461 ('Das sehr seltene Blatt in brillantem Abdruck, mit Plattenton und Spuren des Plattenschmutzes unten') (Mk. 600).
With Kunsthandel Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main.
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 1999; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Hollstein 1
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
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