Keywords: The Great Executioner, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1658.jpg Prince Rupert of the Rhine en the most ambitious mezzotint produced during the seventeenth century The print reproduces a painting now in the Alte Pinakothek Munich 1685 Mezzotint cm 63 3 44 2 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art place of discovery object history Christie's London 3 Dec 2014 sale 1540 lot 81; Pierre Mariette le fils French 1634 “1716 ; John Gulston British 1745 “1786 ; P D Colnaghi Co ; Dr Albert W Blum; Vendor Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel exhibition history credit line Signed and dated in pen and brown ink verso P Mariette 1664 “ signature of Pierre Mariette II 1634-1716 Lugt 1788 ; inscribed in brown ink on verso by Joseph Gulston 1745-1786 N20756 and £ 3 13 6 and presumably also inscribed by him Scraped by Prince Rupert ; in blue ink on verso the stamp of an anonymous probably 19th c collector L 352a ; Marquess of Bute according to Albert Blum ™s notes; the information may have come to him via Colnaghi; inscribed with the stock number C 28114 of Colnaghi ™s London; stamp in purple ink verso with the date 1951 indicating Albert W Blum 1882-1952 Switzerland and Short Hills NJ L 79b acquired the piece in 1951; listed in the Christie ™s auction catalogue as property of a private European collection accession number place of creation http //www metmuseum org/collection/the-collection-online/search/671399 PD-old-100 http //www britishmuseum org/explore/highlights/highlight_image aspx image ps349051 jpg British Museum Q7737750 Prince Rupert of the Rhine Mezzotints 1658 in art Engravings of John the Baptist |