Night scene in a cave with an old woman holding burning coals in a pot, a boy blowing into the fire at left

Intermediary draftsman Charles Hutin French
After Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
ca. 1750–57
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Night scene in a cave with an old woman holding burning coals in a pot, a boy blowing into the fire at left
  • Artist: Christian Friedrich Boetius (German, Leipzig 1706–1782 Dresden)
  • Artist: Intermediary draftsman Charles Hutin (French, Paris 1715–1776 Dresden)
  • Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Date: ca. 1750–57
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in. (43 × 32 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.7629
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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