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Object Type
print
Museum number
1891,0414.691
Description
Purgatory; seven sinners in flames looking at heaven; two angels on either side rescuing souls from the flames; above at centre a halo inscribed with Christ's monogram 'IHS'; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Print made by:
Cornelis Galle I
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1610-1650
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
91 millimetres
Width:
128 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the lower part of the painting by Rubens 'St Teresa of Avila interceding for Bernardino de Mendoza' in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, inv.no.299 (Rooses 493); formerly in the Church of the Discalded Carmelites, Antwerp.
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(68.33)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
hell
paradise
christ
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0414.691