Christ before Pilate
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1723
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
360 x 241 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.6.48
Summary
(Folio 21, recto, upper print) Christ before Pilate; Christ with thorn-crown is presented to Pilate who is getting up from his throne at left; three soldiers with the prisoner Barabbas at right, two others at left; four priests and senators with outstretched arms in foreground; arched composition; after Peter Paul Rubens. Sheet 21 Upper print
Marks and inscriptions
Below left: Lettered below left "P. P. Rubens pinx.", right "Terminé au burin par M. Aubert 1723", underneath four verses Latin "Exivit ergo Jesus ... crucifige eum. Ioan Cap.19.v.5.6." translated into French " Jesus sortit donc ... Crucifies-le. Iean. / chap.19.v.5 et 6.", below left the address "a Paris chez Jeaurat au bas des fossez S. Victor"
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), creator Michel-Guillaume Aubert (Paris c.1704 - Paris 1757), creator