详情
LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675) AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Saint Michael fighting the Rebel Angels
engraving
1621
on laid paper
a fine impression of this large print
first state (of three)
with small margins, with an added borderline
the sheet toned and laid down onto canvas
Plate 566 x 431 mm.
Sheet 580 x 441 mm.
来源
Pontifical Scots College, Rome; acquired through Dr Alexander Grant, rector of the College from 1846-1878.
出版
Hymans 84; Hollstein 92
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拍品专文

This large and dramatic composition, based on the apocalyptic scene described in Saint John's Book of Revelation, is Lucas Vorsterman's engraved rendition of the painting by Rubens for the Jesuit Church in Lille, which was destroyed by a fire in 1740.

The Pontifical Scots College in Rome (‘Pontificio Collegio Scozzese’) was founded on 5 December 1600 by Pope Clement VIII. In its initial years, the College provided an education for young Scottish Catholic men who, due to the laws against Catholics, could not receive a Catholic education at home. Inspired by St John Ogilvie, the sixteen students studying at the College vowed on 10 March 1616, one year to the day after his martyrdom, to return to Scotland as priests; thus the College became a seminary and has been preparing men for the priesthood and for service in the Church's mission in Scotland ever since.
At first the College was situated in a little house on what is known today as Via del Tritone, opposite the church of Santa Maria in Costantinopoli, but as early as 1604 was transferred to Via Felice, now called Via delle Quattro Fontane, and there it remained until 1962. Two years later, the College moved into purpose-built, modern premises on the outskirts of Rome, on Via Cassia. The building was closed in 2023 and the College is temporarily residing at the Pontifical Beda College.
It was through Dr Alexander Grant, rector of the College from 1846-1878, that a collection of prints came into the College’s possession. A substantial part of the holdings, including many of the most notable works, were sold in the late 1960s. The present selection is being offered for sale to commission a contemporary work of art, once a new and permanent home for the seminary has been found, to commemorate this significant moment in the history of the Scots College in Rome, a history that spans from 1600 to the present day.

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