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The education of the Virgin, with Saint Anne seated on a bench looking upwards and putting her arm around the Virgin

The education of the Virgin, with Saint Anne seated on a bench looking upwards and putting her arm around the Virgin by Peter Paul Rubens|Cornelis van Caukercken|Cornelis Galle II

Medium

Etching and engraving; third state of three (Hollstein)

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/16 × 6 15/16 in. (25.5 × 17.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Accession Number

51.501.7157

Tags

Virgin MarySaint AnneEducation

About the Artist

Peter Paul Rubens|Cornelis van Caukercken|Cornelis Galle II · 15771640

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) stands as the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition and the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Born in Siegen, Westphalia, and raised in Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education studying Latin and classical literature before pursuing artistic training under three masters: Tobias Verhaecht, Adam ...

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