Wolf Hunt (after Peter Paul Rubens)
Willem de Leeuw (1603 - c.1665)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
430 x 580 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286496
Summary
Engraving, Wold Hunt (after Peter Paul Rubens) by Willem de Leeuw (Antwerp 1603 - c.1665). W. P. Cut to edges with Latin inscription along the base 'Euge Lupos multaque viri vi perdite, et ausu, Pasqua ut innocuo sint suatuta gregis.' The print shows a wolf hunt with two men on horseback and others on foot spearing wolves which are being leapt on by hounds. A lady with a falcon is at one side.
Marks and inscriptions
Euge Lupos multaque viri vi perdite/et ausu/Pasque ut innocuo sint suatuta gregis (printed under image)
Makers and roles
Willem de Leeuw (1603 - c.1665), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), artist W.P., engraver (printmaker)