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Description: | oversize unmounted "EXCELLENT. HEROINAE ALATHIAE TABOTH MAGNI COMITIS ARVNDELLI SVPREMI BRITANNIAE MARESCHALCI CONIVGI LECTISSIMAE HANC AMAZONVM PVGNAM OBSEQVII ET OBSERVANTIAE ARGVMENTVM PETRVS PAVLLVS RVBENS L.M.D.D."
(b.l.) "Lucas Vorsterman fecit."
(b.c.) "Anturpiae Kal. Ianuary CIOIOC.XXIII."
(b.r.) "Cum privilegys. Regis Christianissimi, Principum Belgarum et Ordinum Batauiae." CRE VORSTERMAN, Lucas; (Flemish; 1595-1675) AFTER RUBENS, Peter Paul, Sir; (Flemish; 1577-1640) Engraved on 6 plates. Dedicated to Alathea Talbot (c.1590 - 1654), patron of art and wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585 - 1646).
Vorsterman based the engraving on a drawing executed by Van Dyck, the drawing was created as a basis for the engraver.
Van Dyck drawing in Oxford. The drawing appears to correspond closely (there are some small changes) with the painting by Rubens in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Image shows only the bottom left sheet. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | LEGEND : AMAZONS : WARRIOR WOMEN : BOWS : HORSES : MARGARITA DE ROHAN : BRIDGE : ATHENS : ATTICA : THESEUS : COMBAT : SOLDIERS : MYTHOLOGY : BATTLE : GREEKS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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