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- Creator:
- Harrewijn, Franciscus, 1700-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1715 and 1764]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of Rubens' house in Antwerp in 1684. View of the courtyard and the garden seen through a gate at centre; the house front at right richly decorated with statues, busts and friezes, a dog in its open doorway; a plainer building with small fountain and open door at left; ornamental gate at centre surmounted by statues of Mercury and Minerva, a tall fountain of a shepherd in a grotto at its right corner, the garden with ornamental covered seat and trees seen through its arches; a caption below inscribed on architectural structure with central cartouche showing a dolphin."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is one of two plates by Harrewyn depicting Rubens' house; the other (Hollstein 14, Schneevoogt 226.28, second plate) gives a view from the courtyard towards the house 'Parties de la maison Hilwerue a Anuers 1692'."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
- Alternative Title:
- Maison Hilwerue à Anvers dit l'hostel Rubens 1684
- Description:
- Title engraved at bottom of image., Early state, before portrait roundel added in top center. For the later state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.3., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence. See British Museum online catalogue., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 64 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Antwerp (Belgium)
- Subject (Name):
- Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes & haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Maison Hilwerue a Anuers dit l hostel Rubens 1684 [graphic]
