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Moses and the Brazen Serpent (recto)
Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1599-1641
1599-1641
Title
Moses and the Brazen Serpent (recto)
Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (verso)
Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (verso)
Date of Production
(circa) 1618 - 1621
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper, the top cut into an arch
Dimensions
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2365
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183; Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779); possibly any number of lots (described very vaguely but several list drawings by van Dyck, two of which are annotated in the copy at the BL as purchased by Sir Jos., presumably Joshua Reynolds) at his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779; John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; ceded by his executors to Samuel Woodburn (London), 1835; Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (1798-1886), L.2234; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 12 - 14 July 1887, lot 1204; purchased there by Permain [as per annotated catalogue at INHA]; Reinhart (based in the USA according to Oppe's 1931 article); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by the late 1920s; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Young Van Dyck, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 20/11/2012-31/03/2013
The Drawings of Anthony van Dyck, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York and Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, 15/02/1991-21/04/1991
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...More
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 19/09/1980-09/11/1980
Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Antoon van Dyck Tekeningen en Olieverfschesten, Rubenshuis, Antwerp; Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 01/07/1960-31/08/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Tekeningen van Jan van Eyck tot Rubens / De Van Eyck à Rubens: les maitres flamands du dessin, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 17/12/1948-01/02/1949; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 08/02/1949-16/03/1949; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 17/03/1949-03/05/1949
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lawrence Gallery, London, 1835 ...Less
The Drawings of Anthony van Dyck, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York and Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, 15/02/1991-21/04/1991
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...More
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 19/09/1980-09/11/1980
Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Antoon van Dyck Tekeningen en Olieverfschesten, Rubenshuis, Antwerp; Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 01/07/1960-31/08/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Tekeningen van Jan van Eyck tot Rubens / De Van Eyck à Rubens: les maitres flamands du dessin, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 17/12/1948-01/02/1949; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 08/02/1949-16/03/1949; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 17/03/1949-03/05/1949
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lawrence Gallery, London, 1835 ...Less
Literature
The Young Van Dyck, Prado, Madrid, 2012, 2012 / 2013
cat. no. 23
pp. 152-63 and 176-85
ill. on pp. 156, 157
Díaz Padrón, Matías, Van Dyck en España, 2 vols., Barcelona 2012
vol. I, pp. 206-13
ill. on p. 211 (recto), p. 240 (verso)
Petherbridge, Deanna, The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice, New Haven 2010
pp. 36-37
fig. 11 on p. 37 ...More
Barnes, Susan et al., Van Dyck: a complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London 2004
p. 22 under no. I.3 (recto) and p. 46 under no. I.30 (verso)
The Drawings of Anthony van Dyck, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1991
cat. no. 14
ill.
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 'Van Dyck and the Brazen Serpent' in 'Master Drawings', 1990 - pp. 296-302; 28
pp. 299, 302n2
Larsen, Erik, The paintings of Anthony van Dyck, 2 vols, Freren 1988
vol. II, under no. 282
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 42
ill. on p. 52
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980
cat. no. 21
ill.
Princeton University Art Museum, 1979, Van Dyck as religious artist
p. 85 (verso)
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 63
Vey, Horst, Die Zeichnungen Anton Van Dycks, Brussels 1962
no. 44 and under no. 55
figs. 58, 60
Antoon van Dyck Tekeningen en Olieverfschesten, Rubenshuis, Antwerp; Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1960
cat. no. 24
pp. 61-62
pl. XII
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 24
Puyvelde, Leo van, Van Dyck, Brussels and Paris 1959
pp. 206, 238n135
Vey, Horst, Van-Dyck-Studien, PhD Thesis, Cologne University 1958
pp. 152-177
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 85
Puyvelde, Leo van, Van Dyck, Brussels and Amsterdam 1950
pp. 180 and 215n15
17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 576
Delacre, Maurice, Le dessin dans l'oeuvre de Van Dyck, Brussels 1934
pp. 32-33, 124, 129
figs. 12, 13 and p. 33 (verso)
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 401 (recto), 400 (verso)
pp. 31-32
pl. 63, fig. 88
Burchard, Ludwig, 'Rubens ähnliche Van-Dyck Zeichnungen' in 'Sitzungsberichte der Kunstgeschichtliche Gesellschaft', Berlin 1932
p. 10, no. 2
Oppé, A.P., 'Antony Van Dyck (1599-1641)' in 'Old Master Drawings', March 1931 - 70-73
pp. 70-73
pl. 53 (recto) and fig. 19 on p. 71 (verso)
Glück, Gustav, Van Dyck: des Meisters Gemälde in 571 Abbildungen, Stuttgart and Berlin 1931
note for p. 73 on p. 527
The Lawrence Gallery. Second exhibition. A catalogue of one hundred original drawings by Sir Ant. Vandyke and Rembrandt van Ryn, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late president of the Royal Academy, Woodburn Gallery London 1835
cat. no. 3
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DgJvhUUA5uwC&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false ...Less
cat. no. 23
pp. 152-63 and 176-85
ill. on pp. 156, 157
Díaz Padrón, Matías, Van Dyck en España, 2 vols., Barcelona 2012
vol. I, pp. 206-13
ill. on p. 211 (recto), p. 240 (verso)
Petherbridge, Deanna, The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice, New Haven 2010
pp. 36-37
fig. 11 on p. 37 ...More
Barnes, Susan et al., Van Dyck: a complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London 2004
p. 22 under no. I.3 (recto) and p. 46 under no. I.30 (verso)
The Drawings of Anthony van Dyck, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1991
cat. no. 14
ill.
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, 'Van Dyck and the Brazen Serpent' in 'Master Drawings', 1990 - pp. 296-302; 28
pp. 299, 302n2
Larsen, Erik, The paintings of Anthony van Dyck, 2 vols, Freren 1988
vol. II, under no. 282
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 42
ill. on p. 52
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980
cat. no. 21
ill.
Princeton University Art Museum, 1979, Van Dyck as religious artist
p. 85 (verso)
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 63
Vey, Horst, Die Zeichnungen Anton Van Dycks, Brussels 1962
no. 44 and under no. 55
figs. 58, 60
Antoon van Dyck Tekeningen en Olieverfschesten, Rubenshuis, Antwerp; Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1960
cat. no. 24
pp. 61-62
pl. XII
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 24
Puyvelde, Leo van, Van Dyck, Brussels and Paris 1959
pp. 206, 238n135
Vey, Horst, Van-Dyck-Studien, PhD Thesis, Cologne University 1958
pp. 152-177
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 85
Puyvelde, Leo van, Van Dyck, Brussels and Amsterdam 1950
pp. 180 and 215n15
17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 576
Delacre, Maurice, Le dessin dans l'oeuvre de Van Dyck, Brussels 1934
pp. 32-33, 124, 129
figs. 12, 13 and p. 33 (verso)
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 401 (recto), 400 (verso)
pp. 31-32
pl. 63, fig. 88
Burchard, Ludwig, 'Rubens ähnliche Van-Dyck Zeichnungen' in 'Sitzungsberichte der Kunstgeschichtliche Gesellschaft', Berlin 1932
p. 10, no. 2
Oppé, A.P., 'Antony Van Dyck (1599-1641)' in 'Old Master Drawings', March 1931 - 70-73
pp. 70-73
pl. 53 (recto) and fig. 19 on p. 71 (verso)
Glück, Gustav, Van Dyck: des Meisters Gemälde in 571 Abbildungen, Stuttgart and Berlin 1931
note for p. 73 on p. 527
The Lawrence Gallery. Second exhibition. A catalogue of one hundred original drawings by Sir Ant. Vandyke and Rembrandt van Ryn, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late president of the Royal Academy, Woodburn Gallery London 1835
cat. no. 3
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DgJvhUUA5uwC&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: lower left: 4 / C C
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite, Troutman's initials: “T.O.”; centre, black ink with number added on end in graphite, Roupell's hand: “RPR [collector's mark of Robert Prioleau Roupell, L.2234] / Van Dyck / Moses and the Brazen Serpent. / Hudson Richardson Sir Thos Lawrence / one of the fifty drawings selected for exhibition in 1835 / by Major Woodburn (no. 3) //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, pen and brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234) (both marks also repeated on the mount, recto, now removed).
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite, Troutman's initials: “T.O.”; centre, black ink with number added on end in graphite, Roupell's hand: “RPR [collector's mark of Robert Prioleau Roupell, L.2234] / Van Dyck / Moses and the Brazen Serpent. / Hudson Richardson Sir Thos Lawrence / one of the fifty drawings selected for exhibition in 1835 / by Major Woodburn (no. 3) //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, pen and brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234) (both marks also repeated on the mount, recto, now removed).
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