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The Death of Decius Mus  

The Death of Decius Mus

Gustav Adolf Müller (1694–1767)

Domenico Mainardi (d. 1747)


after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

1762

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Der Tod des Decius Mus in der Schlacht
Material/technique
engraving, mounted on backing paper of the Liechtenstein Collections
Measurements
547 × 854 mm
Acquisition
Reacquired in 1991 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Gustav Adolf Müller
Domenico Mainardi
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Detailed information
Inventory number
GR 508
Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
Bez. und dat. unten rechts: G:A: Müller Sac: Caes. Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis / Calcographus Aulicus / Sculpsit A: 1762
Bez. unten Mitte: P. DEC. MUS. COS. POSTQUAM SE. IN. MEDIOS. HOSTES. / IMMISIT. PRO. PATRIA. EXER= =CITUQUE. ROMANO. OPIMA. / VICTIMA. CADENS. Liv. IVVV. c. IX. / Petrus Paulus Rubens pinxit / ET EX PINACOTHECA LICHTENSTEINIANA. / ejusdem Inspector D. Mainardi delineavit
Bez. unten links: Alt: IX ped: II pol: / Lat: XVI ped: et V pol:
Bez. unten Mitte mit Liechtenstein Wappen
Provenance
Collection of the Prince von Liechenstein (sold after 1950);
reacquired in 1991 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein from the Kunsthandlung Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt/Main
Iconography
Decius Mus
Literature
C. G. Voorhelm Schneevoogt, Catalogue des estampes gravées d´apres P. P. Rubens. Avec l´indication des collections oú se trouvent les tableux et les gravures, Harlem 1873 [Reprint], S. 219, Kat. 17 (5)

E. Dutuit, Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes. Ecole Flamande et Hollandaise, Tome III, Bd. VI 1885, S. 238, Kat. 12

M. Rooses, L'Oeuvre de P.P. Rubens, Bd. 3, Antwerpen 1890, S. 198-199, Abb. 221, Kat. 711

U. Thieme - F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Bd. 25, Bd. Bd. 25, Leipzig 1931, S. 230

D. Bodart, Ausst.-Kat. Rubens e l'incisione nelle collezioni del Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rom 1977, S. 175, Kat. 389

Ausst.-Kat. Vorbild Rubens, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Liechtenstein Museum, Wien 5.12.2004–27.2.2005, erschienen München–Berlin–London–New York 2004, 90, 91 (Detailabb.), Kat. 28

Ausst.-Kat. Der Fürst als Sammler. Neuerwerbungen unter Hans-Adam II. von und zu Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Liechtenstein Museum, Wien 12.2.2010–24.8.2010, erschienen Wien 2010, Abb. S. 256

Ausst.-Kat. Treuer Fürst. Joseph Wenzel I. von Liechtenstein und seine Kunst. Eine Ausstellung in der Reihe MÄRZ IM PALAIS im Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner, Katharina Leithner, Arthur Stögmann, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Wien 1.–31.3.2022, erschienen Wien 2023, S. 148–149, Kat.-Nr. 83

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