Peter Paul Rubens "Naissance de Maria De Medici", 1710, Etching, Jean M.Nattier

Steel engraving of the portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, 19th century. Measures: H 27cm, L 20cm.

Antique print titled 'P.P. Rubens'. Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque t...

Fine 19th century print garland of fruit by Peter Paul Rubens garland of fruit, (1615-1617) Original frame gilded wood.

A fine example of a large engraving assembled from six printing plates, by well known German artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Rubens was born in Siegen, Westphalia, Germany and ...

Antique portrait titled 'Rubens'. Portrait of the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by Benoist after Le Clere. ...

A French School pastel portrait of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour after Jean-Marc Nattier, 19th century. sight: 19 by 26 inches frame: 33 by 39 ¾ inches

Etching with aquatint in a silk surround with dark blue wooden frame and glass to the front. It is edition 86/99. Paul de Chabot is a Postwar and Contem...

"Arch dedicated to Hercules" and "Arch dedicated to Bellerophon" Splendid and very rare etchings belonging to a suite of subjects executed for the preparations of the "Celebrations for the entry into Antwerp of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinando of Habsburg-Spain on 17 April 1635". The sketches for the decorations were all drawn by Sir Peter Paul Rubens and the execution of the etchings was entrusted to Van Thulden. Bottom left: P.P. Rubens. Bottom right: G. Gervatius (who was commissioned to bring together the illustrations of the arches in a special volume) and Van Thulden. Laid paper with watermark - copper imprint - margins - excellent condition. At the end of 1634 Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was invited to make a series of drawings to decorate the city of Antwerp on the occasion of the solemn entry of the infant cardinal Ferdinand of Habsburg (1609-1641) who, after his death of Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia (1633), Spanish governor of the southern Netherlands, had been elected as his successor. Generally in these circumstances, the itinerary was articulated through a series of stations and the city - in its main urban hubs - was adorned with decorations and ephemeral apparatuses which, without solution of continuity, covered the facades of the palaces, churches and convents facing the parade axis of the celebratory itinerary, testifying to the participatory role of the various public and private institutions that took part in the feast1. As had happened for the entrances of Charles V in 1520, of Philip II in 1549 and of the archdukes Albert and Isabella in 1599, also in this case, on 17 April 1635, the most important streets and squares of Antwerp were enriched with arrangements: temporary altars, four scenarios, a portico and large triumphal arches built in wood, over twenty meters height, decorated with paintings, sculptures and allegorical scenes. The references to the ancient alluded in this case to the greatness of the Habsburgs and to the merits of Ferdinand for the victory obtained over the Protestant armies of Sweden and their German allies. The choice to use the triumphal arch has its roots in the "city of the popes" and must be read as a connection with the triumphal and modern arches, with Rome and with the "possession" ceremony, placing the emphasis on its centuries-old use . In the elaboration of the drawings and sketches Rubens proved to be a true connoisseur of architecture, but what is most surprising about the artist is the casual use of architectural language and fidelity to sixteenth-century Roman models. In order for the memory of these works to be perpetuated over time, some artists were commissioned to etch the ephemeral apparatuses and, under the guidance of the painter Theodor van Thulden...

Molded copper rondel plaque of the great Flemish Master Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens is depicted in a high-relief bust, facing three-quarters right with a br...

Beautiful engraving made by Nicolas de Launay after the work of Peter Paul Rubens.This engraving represents a bacchanalian scene featuring Silenus a mythological character. In this...