print; title-page

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Object Type: print; title-page
Museum number: 1858,0417.1255
Description: Title-page with title written in a cartouche below, St Augustinus standing on top of three figures (Julian, Pelagus and Celestinus?) at centre, holding a book and a burning heart, surrounded by four Popes (St Innocentius, St Bonifacius, St Zosimus and St Celestinus); lettered within composition with verses and names of Popes; after Peter Paul Rubens (?); title to Cornelius Jansen's "Augustinus" (Antwerp: 1640). c.1640 Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens (?); Published by: Jacobus Zegers
School/style
Production date: 1640 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Leuven
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 300 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 186 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The attribution to Rubens is uncertain. The same plate is used as a title-page to "Anatomia totius Augustissimae Doctrinae Augustini".
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (198.30); Corpus Rubenianum XXI / Rubens. Book Illustrations and Title Pages (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: christian saint/martyr; cleric
Associated names: Illustration to: Cornelius Otto Jansen; Representation of: St Augustine of Hippo; Representation of: Pope Innocent I (St Innocent); Representation of: Pope Boniface IV (St Boniface); Representation of: Pope Zosimus (St Zosimus); Representation of: Pope Celestine I (St Celestine); Representation of: Julian (the Apostate)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1858
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1858,0417.1255

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