Sheet of figure studies representing Mars, Venus and Cupid, Diana and Actaeon (?) and Apollo (?)
Maker
(artist)
1623-1677
1623-1677
Title
Sheet of figure studies representing Mars, Venus and Cupid, Diana and Actaeon (?) and Apollo (?)
Date of Production
1647
Medium
red and black chalk with stumping on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4204
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
Label Text
This study presents a sampling of mythological gods (Mars, Venus and Cupid, Diana and Actaeon?, and possibly Apollo) inspired by Netherlandish printed prototypes. The figures are arranged in a coherent, carefully balanced composition. Their delicate modelling in red chalk attests to the artist’s sensitivity to the medium. Despite being prominently signed and dated by Antonio García Reinoso, the drawing was probably not executed as a finished work but as a model for workshop use.
Provenance
Konstantinoff (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain, British Museum, London, 20/09/2012-05/01/2013
The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...More
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956 ...Less
The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...More
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956 ...Less
Literature
Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain, British Museum, London, 2012-2013
p. 146
fig. 34 on p. 147
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 58
ill. on p. 183
The Spanish Manner: drawings from Ribera to Goya, Frick Collection, New York, 2010
p. 99
fig. 23 on p. 99 ...More
Navarrete Prieto, Benito and Fuensanta Torre de la Garcia, Antonio del Castillo, 1616-1668. Dibujos. Catálogo razonado, Santander 2008
pp. 153-55
fig. 55
Dibujos valencianos del siglo XVII, Seville, 1997
p. 104
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Historia del dibujo en España de la Edad media a Goya, Madrid 1986
pp. 309-10
López Torrijos, Rosa, 'Grabados y dibujos para lo entrada en Madrid de María Luisa de Orleans (1680)' in 'Archivo Español de Arte', 1985 - pp. 239-50; no. 231
p. 281
Brown, Jonathan, 'Drawings by Andalusian Masters' in 'Apotheca, Revista del Departamiento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Córdoba', 1983 - pp. 9-20; 3
pp. 10, 16
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 21
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 20
García de la Torre, Fuensanta, ‘Antonio García Reinoso: reflexiones sobre un dibujante Andaluz del siglo XVII / Antonio García Reinoso: reflections on a 17th-century Andalusian draftsman’ in 'Laboratorio de Arte' - pp. 183-206; 32
pp. 186-88
fig. 1 ...Less
p. 146
fig. 34 on p. 147
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 58
ill. on p. 183
The Spanish Manner: drawings from Ribera to Goya, Frick Collection, New York, 2010
p. 99
fig. 23 on p. 99 ...More
Navarrete Prieto, Benito and Fuensanta Torre de la Garcia, Antonio del Castillo, 1616-1668. Dibujos. Catálogo razonado, Santander 2008
pp. 153-55
fig. 55
Dibujos valencianos del siglo XVII, Seville, 1997
p. 104
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Historia del dibujo en España de la Edad media a Goya, Madrid 1986
pp. 309-10
López Torrijos, Rosa, 'Grabados y dibujos para lo entrada en Madrid de María Luisa de Orleans (1680)' in 'Archivo Español de Arte', 1985 - pp. 239-50; no. 231
p. 281
Brown, Jonathan, 'Drawings by Andalusian Masters' in 'Apotheca, Revista del Departamiento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Córdoba', 1983 - pp. 9-20; 3
pp. 10, 16
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 21
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 20
García de la Torre, Fuensanta, ‘Antonio García Reinoso: reflexiones sobre un dibujante Andaluz del siglo XVII / Antonio García Reinoso: reflections on a 17th-century Andalusian draftsman’ in 'Laboratorio de Arte' - pp. 183-206; 32
pp. 186-88
fig. 1 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left of centre, red chalk, signed and dated by the artist: “Antto garcia / De Reinoso / nobienbre / 1647”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left of centre, red chalk, signed and dated by the artist: “Antto garcia / De Reinoso / nobienbre / 1647”.
Collector's mark: none.
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