The Virgin Immaculate. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
460126i
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Description

The Virgin, crowned and holding the Christ Child, stands in a sunburst between parted clouds. Around her crown are twelve stars (eleven visible). Underfoot she crushes the serpent which encircles the globe of the earth. A cherub on the left points down to the snake and another on the right points up to Christ

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 42.7 x 30 cm

Lettering

Ipsa conteret caput tuum. Genesis 3. Cum privilegio Regis.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 460126i

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