Dood van Seneca, Alexander Voet (II), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1662 - 1678

Title(s)

Dood van Seneca

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-9062

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 11-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Seneca pleegt zelfmoord op bevel van Nero, door zijn aderen te openen, staand in een beken.

Artist

• print maker: Alexander Voet (II) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Cornelis Galle (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1662 - 1678

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 403 mm × width 274 mm

What

• death of Seneca: at Nero's order he cuts his veins, usually sitting in a basin or bath of water, and then takes a dose of poison

Who

• Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Alexander Voet I to Anthonie de Vos, p. 59, cat.nr. 11