Landschap met Philemon en Baucis, William Unger, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1861 - 1889

Title(s)

Landschap met Philemon en Baucis
Landschaft mit Philemon und Baucis (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-56.595

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 246

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: William Unger (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• printer: A. Pisani (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Hugo Othmar Miethke (mentioned on object)

Place

Vienna

Dating

1861 - 1889

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

width 348 mm × height 450 mm

What

• Philemon and his wife Baucis hospitably entertain Jupiter and Mercury in travellers' guise; possibly a goose, which they try to kill for the occasion, flies to the visitors for refuge

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 4, p. 74, cat.nr. 246