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Object Type
print
Museum number
1839,0413.240
Description
Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes, drawing his sword as Odysseus tricks him into revealing his identity while the other women admire the jewels; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Print made by:
Cornelis Visscher
Published by:
Pieter Soutman
School/style
Dutch
Flemish
Production date
1630-1657
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
550 millimetres
Width:
450 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the painting now attributed to a collaboration of Rubens and van Dyck in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, inv.no.1661 (Rooses 567). For another impression see also R,4.55.
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(136.6)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(37)
(under Visscher)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Achilles
Representation of:
Daughters of Lycomedes
Representation of:
Odysseus/Ulysses
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1839
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1839,0413.240