Hemelvaart van Maria, Eugène Van Maldeghem, 1848

Title(s)

Hemelvaart van Maria
Maria virgo assumpta (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1882-A-5246

Catalogue reference

• Hippert&Linnig 5

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Apostelen knielen bij het open graf van Maria. De maagd Maria wordt door engelen begeleid naar Christus.

Artist

• print maker: Eugène Van Maldeghem (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Eugène Van Maldeghem (mentioned on object)
• printer: Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts (mentioned on object)

Place

Brussels

Dating

1848

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 322 mm × width 226 mm

What

• the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels

Acquisition

purchase 1882

Copyright

Public domain

• Le peintre-graveur hollandais et belge du 19me siècle, p. 697, cat.nr. 5