Bewening van Christus
Sull’opera
Con le parole del museo — in olandese
Maria, Maria Magdalena en Johannes de Evangelist treuren bij het lichaam van Christus. Aan Christus' voeten liggen de doornenkroon en de spijkers. In de marge een vierregelig onderschrift, in twee kolommen, in het Latijn. Daaronder een opdracht in het Latijn.
Rijksmuseum
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- RP-P-OB-75.818
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Paulus Pontius
Tutta la vita3 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 gennaio 1658
Died
