Rubens and Family, after Jacob Jordaens
Primary
James Watson
(Dublin, Ireland, circa 1740–London, England, 1790)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1780
MediumMezzotint
DimensionsSheet: 24 15/16 × 18 13/16 in. (63.4 × 47.8 cm)
Additional Dimension: 22 × 15 13/16 in. (55.9 × 40.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 22 × 15 13/16 in. (55.9 × 40.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Lawrence Lawver, 2010.79
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2010.79
On View
Not on viewIn 1779 the famous collection of Old Masters formed by the great English statesman Robert Walpole was sold by his descendents to Catherine the Great of Russia. To record what was regarded as a departing national treasure, the publisher John Boydell commissioned a series of mezzotints after the collection’s most important paintings. Named for Walpole’s residence, the Houghton Gallery was one of the major print projects in late eighteenth century Britain. Noted for its subject and geniality, Jordaens’s painting remains in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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