Heilige Barbara als martelares met toren, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659

Title(s)

Heilige Barbara als martelares met toren
Sancta Barbara virgo et martyr (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1887-A-11998

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 263-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (mentioned on object)
• unknown (mentioned on object)

Dating

1596 - 1659

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 385 mm × width 250 mm

What

• the virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon(ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer, Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Feb-1887

Copyright

Public domain

• Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 84, cat.nr. 263-2
• Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P. Rubens, avec l'indication des collections où se trouvent les tableaux et les gravures, p. 113, cat.nr. 18