Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Saint Catherine (of Alexandria) in the Clouds

CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Saint Catherine (of Alexandria) in the Clouds
Date1620–1621
PlaceBelgium
MediumEtching with burin on laid paper, state III/III
DimensionsSheet: 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (29.5 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number93.57
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenancepossibly Henri Delacroix, Paris; possibly Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt, Germany; [R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, by 1992-1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition History"Old Master Prints & Drawings 1450-1850," R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, IL, 1992, no. 22, cat. pg. 41.

"Visions of Saints," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 December 2011 - 18 March 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, lower left corner: P. Paul Rubens fecit
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: TRF
Verso: Inscribed, lower right corner: 15890
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, lower left corner: P. Paul Rubens fecit
Verso: Stamps in brown ink, lower right: S [circled] HP [inverted, reversed] [inaccessible]

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