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Object Type
Museum number: 1891,0414.1138
Title: Series: Ceiling Paintings from the North Aisle of the Jesuits' Church in Antwerp (Preisler Series)
Description: Plate 2: St Catherine of Alexandria; the saint standing with her right foot on top of the Emperor Maxentius who lies in armour on his back in lower part, St Catherine wearing a billowing mantle and holding palm leaves and a sword, a spiked wheel in lower right; oval composition; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1735 Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Johann Justin Preisler; Intermediary draughtsman: Christian Benjamin Müller
School/style: Flemish; German
Production date: 1735 (c.)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 190 millimetres; Width: 260 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is one from a series of nineteen, for comment see 1891,0414.1143.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (213.11); Corpus Rubenianum I / The ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (26) (copy)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: St Catherine of Alexandria; Representation of: Maxentius
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1891,0414.1138

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