The graphic depicts Saint Sebastian under a tree with two angels, one of whom is removing an arrow from his belly.
Copperplate engraving, 1650-55. Signed: "Ant. Van Dyck pinxit", "Petrus van Scuppen sculpsit", "Joannes Meÿssens excudit". Inscription in Latin.
+SAINT SEBASTIAN, Pieter van Schuppen after Anthony Van Dyck, copperplate, 1650-55.
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The graphic depicts Saint Sebastian under a tree with two angels, one of whom is removing an arrow from his belly.
Copperplate engraving, 1650-55. Signed: "Ant. Van Dyck pinxit", "Petrus van Scuppen sculpsit", "Joannes Meÿssens excudit". Inscription in Latin.
Description
Frame: 63 x 49.5, passe-partout: 44.5 x 33 cm.
Good condition, slight discoloration. The graphic is framed with glass.
Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641): was a Flemish Baroque artist who, after successes in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy, became a leading court painter in England. A pupil of Rubens, he created numerous famous works on religious, portrait and genre subjects.
Pieter van Schuppen (1627-1702): Born in Antwerp, apprenticed 1638-9. Master in the Guild of St. Luke 1651/2. In 1655 he moved to Paris as an associate of Nanteuil, where he remained for the rest of his life. He left some 119 works, mainly portraits of famous figures of his time, such as Cardinal Rinaldo d' Este, Mazarin and King Louis XIV of France. Some of these were made to his own designs, and he also made reproductions of history paintings by other artists, an example of which is Saint Sebastian after Anthony van Dyck.
#888888;"Jan Meyssens (1612-1670): Painter, engraver and publisher. He was born in Brussels in 1612 and moved to Antwerp in 1640, where he died in 1670. He published works by Wenceslaus Hollar and prints of portraits of artists, "Diverse Hommes d'Esprit sublime", in the style of van Dyck's iconography.
Reference:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object_R-2-46