About the Artwork
The Ascension of Christ
early 17th century
Ignatius Cornelius Marinus (Artist) Flemish, 1599-1639 After Peter Paul Rubens (Artist) Flemish, 1577-1640
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 17 3/4 × 13 1/8 inches (45.1 × 33.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S739
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: P. P. Rubens pinxit. Inscribed, lower center: VIDENTIBVS ILLIS, ELEVATVS EST. Actorum. 1. Inscribed, lower right: Gillis Hendricx | excud. Antuerpiae.
Stamped, in blue, verso [two stars, identified as F. Baumgartner (?)] (Lugt 2900)
Provenance
1868, F. Baumgartner (Vienna, Austria);September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Ignatius Cornelius Marinus; after Peter Paul Rubens, The Ascension of Christ, early 17th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S739.
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