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Famille Rubens..(The Rubens Family)...thirty third plate in the book...[Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)

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Date:

19th century

Location:

Not on display

Century:

19th Century AD

Media:

Color Lithograph

Dimensions:

29 x 23 cm (image); 53 x 39.4 cm (sheet)

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

Flanders

Continent:

Europe

Provenance:

Provenance: bookplate, probably late 19th century, of Biblioteka Gertsova Georgii Georgievicha Mecklenburgskova (library of Herzog von Mecklenburg)
Exhibition History:
Remarks: this is an incomplete set of a work published in 30 parts, in two volumes; each part should consist of text and 4 plates; see collation for details.
According to the dedication leaf (to the Russian empress), the work was commissioned by the emperor, and represents largely unpublished material.

Acquisition Date:

1963-01-01

Credit Line:

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

The great man (bearded) sits at table, wine glass in hand; progenitor!..Putti flying down from above...table with many bottles at lower right...little boy pets dog...maid brings in strsy of fruit...everybody smile.

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