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Object Type
Museum number: R,3.85
Description: The Resurrection of Christ; Christ steps from his tomb, holding the banner of the Resurrection and a palm branch; awakened soldiers look on in astonishment, shield their eyes from the radiance of Christ or rush away; heads of eight cherubs in the clouds around Christ; a dog in lower left corner; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert; Published by: Maarten van den Enden
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Production date: 1630-1645
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
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Dimensions: Height: 415 millimetres (trimmed at bottom); Width: 295 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Related to the central panel of Rubens' triptych 'The Resurrection of Christ' in the Cathedral of Antwerp (Rooses 334); which was painted for the tomb of Jan I Moretus and his wife Martina in the St Barbara Chapel.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (55.398); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (29.I); Corpus Rubenianum VII / Rubens. The life of Christ after Passion (1) (copy 6)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: R,3.85

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