Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659)
after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
The Lion Hunt
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Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659)
after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)1621/29
The Lion Hunt
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) →engravingpaper
Date
1621/29
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 40.9 × 58.6 cm (16 1/8 × 23 1/8 in.); Primary support, trimmed within platemark: 42.5 × 59 cm (16 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 68 cm (19 9/16 × 26 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Peter Paul Rubens was very particular about the prints made after his paintings, though he embraced the increased fame that they afforded him. Schelte Bolswert’s engraving of The Lion Hunt ably captures the roiling energy of Rubens’s painting. The older artist proudly discussed this painting in a 1621 letter: “I have almost finished a large picture, entirely by my hand, and in my opinion one of my best, representing a Lion Hunt, with the figures life-sized.” Given the printing process’s usual reversing effect, Rubens may have specifically requested that this engraving appear in the same direction as the painting.
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Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, c. 1577-1640)
