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Landscape with Moon and Grazing Horse,
ca. 1638
Schelte Adams Bolswert, Dutch, ca. 1581–1659
after Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640; born Siegen, Germany; died Antwerp, Belgium
after Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640; born Siegen, Germany; died Antwerp, Belgium
x1970-58
During his long career, Rubens produced around forty landscapes, inspired by the countryside near Het Steen, his estate in Brabant. Despite their intensely private character, these works became widely known and admired, particularly in Britain, through a series of reproductive engravings made under his supervision by his favorite printmaker, Schelte Adams Bolswert. While these works belong to the tradition of panoramic northern paintings, Rubens amplified atmospheric and optical effects, as seen in the poetic reflection of the full moon on the water in these nocturnal and twilight scenes.
Information
Title
Landscape with Moon and Grazing Horse
Dates
ca. 1638
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 32.1 x 45.2 cm (12 5/8 x 17 13/16 in.)
sheet: 37.7 x 53.5 cm (14 13/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Harris
Object Number
x1970-58
Place Made
Europe, Belgium, Antwerp
Inscription
Inscribed and signed in plate below image, lower left corner: Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit. / S.A Bolswert sculpsit.
Inscribed in plate below image, lower right corner: Gillis Hendricx excudit.
Reference Numbers
Dutuit 14; Hollstein 318; Wijngaert 102
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- Frank van den Wijngaert, Inventaris der Rubeniaansche Prentkunst (Antwerp: De Sikkel, 1940), no. 93
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F.W.H. Hollstein, "Boekhorst-Bruegel," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949-2010).
, no. 35 - "Acquisitions 1970", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 30, no. 1 (1971): p. 22-30., p. 24
