Paulus PontiusFlemish, 1603–1658Madonna omringd door heiligen
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Where is “Madonna omringd door heiligen” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Maria houdt het Christuskind op de arm. Putti kronen het Kind met een krans van bloemen. Voor hen knielen heiligen in aanbidding. In het gezelschap bevinden zich onder andere Maria Magdalena (met zalfpot), de H. Joris (in harnas) en de H. Hiëronymus, die een bijbel onder zijn arm houdt. De knielende man in bisschopsgewaad en de figuren achter hem zijn niet met zekerheid te identificeren.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-70.055
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Paulus Pontius
The whole life3 December 1616
Apprenticeship with Osias Beert
On December 3, 1616, in Antwerp, he was apprenticed to the painter and still-life master Osias Beert.
c. 1620s
Training in Engraving with Lucas Vorsterman
He worked under the renowned engraver Lucas Vorsterman, from whom he learned the art of engraving.
1624
Chief Engraver of Rubens's Workshop
After Vorsterman's quarrel with Rubens in 1624, Pontius took his place and for several years was the workshop's principal engraver, reproducing the master's drawings and paintings.
1624–1631
Living in Rubens's House
From 1624 to 1631 Pontius lived in Rubens's house.
after 1640
Work After Van Dyck, Jordaens, and Others Following Rubens's Death
After Rubens's death in 1640 he produced numerous reproductive engravings after originals by Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Seghers, de Crayer, Titian, and Velázquez; in all he executed 42 plates after Rubens.
16 January 1658
Died
