The raising of the Cross.

Engraving from 3 plates, 60,7 x 123,2 cm (visible), laid paper, signed "Rubens invent.", address "A Paris chez J. S. Chereau rue S. Iacques au Coq.", Latin text (some losses, few sm. tears).

In nice wooden frame (not studied outside frame).

Large engraving from 3 plates on 3 sheets published by Jacques Chéreau (1688-1776). After the famous monumental triptych by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) now at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. One of his most powerful compositions and a milestone of the Flemish Baroque.