File:The Great Executioner, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1658.jpg
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine: The Great Executioner
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English: The Great Executioner with the Head of Saint John the Baptist |
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| Description |
English: the most ambitious mezzotint produced during the seventeenth century. The print reproduces a painting now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. |
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| Date | 1685 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Mezzotint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 63.3 cm (24.9 in); width: 44.2 cm (17.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Object history | Christie's, London, 3 Dec 2014 (sale 1540), lot 81; Pierre Mariette le fils (French, 1634–1716); John Gulston (British, 1745–1786); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.; Dr. Albert W. Blum; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated in pen and brown ink verso P. Mariette, 1664 – signature of Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716) (Lugt 1788); inscribed in brown ink on verso by Joseph Gulston (1745-1786) “N20756” and “£ 3”13”6” and presumably also inscribed by him: “Scraped by Prince Rupert”; in blue ink on verso the stamp of an anonymous, probably 19th c., collector (L.352a); Marquess of Bute, according to Albert Blum’s notes; the information may have come to him via Colnaghi; inscribed with the stock number “C.28114(?)” of Colnaghi’s, London; stamp in purple ink verso with the date 1951 indicating Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, NJ (L. 79b) acquired the piece in 1951; listed in the Christie’s auction catalogue as property of a private European collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other versions | British Museum | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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