H. Justus, Hans Witdoeck, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1639

Title(s)

H. Justus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-1291

Catalogue reference

• Wurzbach 12
• Hollstein Dutch 22-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: Lugt 10

Description

De heilige Justus draagt zijn hoofd na zijn onthoofding.

Artist

• print maker: Hans Witdoeck (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Frans van den Wijngaerde (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1639

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 438 mm × width 324 mm

What

• St. Justus of Beauvais as 'cephalophore', carrying his head in his hands after his beheading

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Frederick de Wit to Lieven de Witte, p. 147, cat.nr. 22
• Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon : auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet : mit mehr als 3000 Monogrammen, dl. II, p. 892, cat.nr. 12