Large landscapes, circa 1638

Landscape with the shipwreck of st paul at malta (or the shipwreck of aeneas); a coastal scene with a blazing beacon on the summit of a rocky outcrop; in right foreground two figures emerge from a shipwreck battered by waves, one desperately grasps the mast; another figure grabs the branches of a tree that has snapped; at left, a survivor sits before a fire with his rightescuers; after peter paul rubens. C. 1638 engraving. Date: circa 1638. Dimensions: Height: 484 mm; Width: 647 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: St Paul. Collection: British Museum.