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

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Artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)Flemish, 1577–1640

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

Not on view

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Prints and Drawings

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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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