Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

RP-P-OB-4049

collector's mark: Lugt 240

In addition to a host of engravers, Rubens also engaged the woodcutter Christoffel Jegher to reproduce his work. Jegher’s, often sizeable, sheets were printed in two colours and will have mostly served as wall decoration. This proof impression is printed with two blocks: a line block, and a tone block for the ochre tint. In this impression Rubens indicated with brush and wash where the white lines had to be cut away in the tone block.

Hollstein Dutch 4-3(4)

• print maker: Christoffel Jegher (mentioned on object), Southern Netherlands
• draughtsman: Peter Paul Rubens, Southern Netherlands
• after drawing by: after drawing of Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object), Southern Netherlands
• verlener van privilege: onbekend (mentioned on object)

1606 - 1640

clair-obscur houtsnede in zwart en bruin en gehoogd met penseel in kleuren; gedrukt van een houten lijnblok en van één houten toonblok

height 458 mm x width 602 mm

Public domain

• Hollstein Dutch 4-3(4)
• H. Leeflang, De kunst van de houtsnede, Even zeldzaam als onovertroffen, in: Kunstschrift 3 (2009), p. 45, afb. 53.

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200208983