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Object Type
Museum number: 1891,0414.998
Title: Object: Leonardus Lessius
Description: Portrait of Leonard Lessius, Jesuit in Leuven, whole-length seated on a chair at a table, wearing a biretta and holding a quill pen, books and a crucifix on the table, a curtain and book shelves beyond, a picture of Justitia hanging on back wall; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert; After: Peter Paul Rubens; Published by: Johannes van Mechelen; Formerly attributed to: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert (Hollstein)
School/style
Production date: 1623 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 391 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 255 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For another impression of this plate see 1870,1008.2773.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (384) (under Boethius Adamsz Bolswert); Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (183.253); Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders (undescribed); van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders. (3244); Corpus Rubenianum XXI / Rubens. Book Illustrations and Title Pages (56) (cf.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Leonard Lessius; Associated with: Jan van Malderus (dedicatee)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1891,0414.998

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