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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)](https://art.famsf.org/sites/default/files/styles/artwork_view/public/artwork/jordaens/5074163106480074.jpg?itok=wRCFkoX6)
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to the dedication leaf (to the Russian empress), the work was commissioned by the emperor, and represents largely unpublished material.
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.