Hercules defeating Achelous
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
School of
(artist)
1577-1640
(artist)
1577-1640
Title
Hercules defeating Achelous
Date of Production
1639 - 1640
Medium
charcoal (verified under microscope), grey, black and touches of brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, the upper corners rounded and the lower corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 35.7 cm
Width: 35.7 cm
Object Number
D.1978.PG.326
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: grapes above "I POVLVE" in an ornamented lozenge .
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, not modern: "18 p".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, not modern: "18 p".
Collector's mark: none.
Provenance
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), November 1959 (as 'Circle of Rubens', Hercules and the Cretan Bull, for £40); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
McGrath, Elizabeth, Bert Schepers, Nils Büttner, Gregory Martin, Jeremy Wood, Eveliina Juntunen, Gerlinde Gruber and Fiona Healy, Mythological Subjects. II. Hercules to Olympus, CRLB XI, 2 vols., London, 2022
pp. 49 under no. 48, 52-55 under no. 49
fig. 42
as pupil of Rubens, possibly Erasmus Quellinus the Younger entry authors: Elizabeth McGrath and Bert Schepers
pp. 49 under no. 48, 52-55 under no. 49
fig. 42
as pupil of Rubens, possibly Erasmus Quellinus the Younger entry authors: Elizabeth McGrath and Bert Schepers
Logan, Anne-Marie, ‘Review. Rubens. Paintings, Drawings, and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection [Exhibition Catalogue] by Helen Braham’, Master Drawings, XXIX, 1991, pp. 314-15
p. 314
as School of Rubens
p. 314
as School of Rubens
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 22
no. 22 and pp. 2, 16, 18 under no. 21, 19, 30 under no. 35, 44
ill. on p. 18
as School of Rubens, reworked by another hand, dated probably late 1639-May 1640; in file
...Morecat. no. 22
no. 22 and pp. 2, 16, 18 under no. 21, 19, 30 under no. 35, 44
ill. on p. 18
as School of Rubens, reworked by another hand, dated probably late 1639-May 1640; in file
Balis, Arnout, translated from the Dutch by P.S. Falla, Rubens hunting scenes (CRLB), London 1986
pp. 224, 231-32n62 and 67
pp. 224, 231-32n62 and 67
Kauffmann, Claus Michael, Catalogue of the Paintings in the Wellington Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogues, London, 1982
p. 127 under no. 158
p. 127 under no. 158
Held, Julius S., The oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: a critical catalogue, Princeton 1980
p. 252
p. 252
Jaffé, Michael, 'Book Reviews. Gregory Martin, National Gallery Catalogues: The Flemish school ca. 1600 - ca. 1900, London, 1970 and Antoine Seilern, Flemish Paintings and Drawings at 56 Princes Gate London, Addenda, London, 1969' in 'Art Bulletin', 1973 - pp. 462-64; 55
p. 464
p. 464
Alpers, Svetlana, The decoration of the Torre de la Parada (CRLB), London 1971
p. 220 under no. 30 and pp. 278-79
fig. 200
as not Rubens; only p. 220 in file
p. 220 under no. 30 and pp. 278-79
fig. 200
as not Rubens; only p. 220 in file
White, Christopher, ‘Review. Flemish Paintings & Drawing at 56 Princes Gate London SW7 Addenda. London, I969’, Master Drawings, 7, 4, Winter 1969, pp. 433-34
p. 434
says Seilern 'convincingly argued' this is by the master; White identified himself as the author of this review in his Flemish catalogue entry
p. 434
says Seilern 'convincingly argued' this is by the master; White identified himself as the author of this review in his Flemish catalogue entry
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; IV
no. 326
pl. XLI
as Rubens, dated before March 1638; in file
...Lessno. 326
pl. XLI
as Rubens, dated before March 1638; in file
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