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Object Type
Museum number: R,4.57
Description: The Rape of Hippodamia or Lapiths and Centaurs; the centaur Eurytos attempting to abduct Hippodamia at left, to whom her husband Perithoos clings as his followers rush to the rescue, another centaur brandishing a club beyond; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Pieter de Bailliu; Published by: Nicolaas Lauwers
School/style
Production date: 1610-1650
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 390 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 515 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: After the painting by Rubens in Museo del Prado, Madrid, inv.no. P01658 (Rooses 539). This is first state with address of Lauwers, for another impression see also 1891,0414.1293. For an impression of second state see 1917,1208.479.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (130.105); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (84.I) (under Bailliu)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; lapith; centaur
Associated names: Representation of: Hippodamia; Representation of: Eurytos; Representation of: Perithoos; Representation of: Centaurs
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: R,4.57

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