Herme Sophocles (»Herm of Sophocles«)

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Date

1638

Material(s)/Technique

Kupferstich

Dimensions

304 x 218 mm

Inscriptions

SOPHOCLES SOPILI. F. ATHENIENSIS. / Ex marmore antiquo.

Signature and notation

P. P. Rubens delin. / P. Pontius sculpsit Ao. 1638 (links);
Cum priuilegiis Regis Christianissimi. / Principum Belgarum et Ord. Batauiae. (rechts).

Documented in

Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 156.II (unter Pontius); Corpus Rubenianum XXIII 119

External resources

British Museum: R,4.120

Annotations

Die in diesem Porträt dargestellte antike Büste ist bisher unidentifiziert, gehörte aber vermutlich der Sammlung Rubens’ an; s. Corpus Rubenianum XXIII, Bd. II, S. 141, Nr. 119 (M. Meulen).
Saskia Schäfer-Arnold, 06/08/2011