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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1599-1641
(artist)
1599-1641
Title
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Date of Production
c. 1619
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, traces of white bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.327
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Fire is used here as an instrument of torture and death. Saint Lawrence was martyred in the third century because of his refusal to surrender church treasures to the Roman authorities. Instead he distributed the valuables amonst the poor. His punishment was death, being roasted alive on a gridiron, a metal latticed frame, placed over a fire. Lawrence is said merely to have commented 'See, I am done enough on one side, now turn me over and cook the other.'
Provenance
Pierre Crozat, Paris (1661-1740); his sale, 10 April - 13 May 1741, lot 823 (with 10 other items, as Rubens, notice by P. J. Mariette); purchased there by M. Nourri [probably - catalogue at RKDH annotated just with letter “N”]; Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris (1680-1765), L.2951; his estate sale, P. Rémy (Paris), 18-28 January 1779, lot 542 (as Rubens); purchased there by Lenoir (Paris) (140.1 frs); M. Nourri; his sale, Folliot Delalande (Paris), 24 February-14 March 1785, lot 845 (as Rubens); purchased there by Jacques Langlier, Paris (1730-1814), for 50 frs. [does not appear in any of the four sales catalogues of his collection on INHA]; Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys, Paris (1743-1795); his sale, Paris, 6-18 February 1786, lot 416; possibly purchased there by Paillet [his name is adjacent to the Rubens drawing in the previous lot, with no name adjacent to lot 416 - normally if the same purchaser, some indication would be written to indicate 'ditto' or similar, so it is possible this was unsold?]; Willem II, King of the Netherlands (1792-1849); his sale, de Vries, Brondgeest (Amsterdam), 12 August 1850, lot 314; purchased there by Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853) [although this could also be the version now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York]; Adolphe Stein, Paris (1913-2002); purchased from him by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), November 1967 (£1500); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Van Dyck : Gemälde von Anthonis van Dyck : Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 25/10/2019-02/02/2020
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
Van Dyck : Gemälde von Anthonis van Dyck : Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 2019 - 2020
cat. no. 5.5
p. 30 and no. 5.5 on p. 393
fig. 10 on p. 28
as by van Dyck
The Young Van Dyck, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 20 November 2012 - 31 March 2013, London 2013
p. 253
Peter Paul Rubens: the drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 January - 3 April 2005 New York, New Haven, London 2005
p. 47
fig. 27 on p. 47
as 'Ascribed to Anthony van Dyck' ...More
Rubens et l'art de la gravure, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen and Montreal, musée national des beaux-arts de Québec, 2004-05
p. 55n47
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 48
no. 48 on pp. 19, 30 under no. 35, 44
ill. on p. 45
as van Dyck(?) after Rubens, dated c.1618-19
Pohlen, Ingeborg, Untersuchungen zur Reproduktionsgraphik der Rubenswerkstatt, Munich 1985
pp. 266-67
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980
pp. 89-90
rejected as by van Dyck
Rubens e l’incisione nelle collezioni di Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Villa della Farnesina alla Lungara, Rome, 1977
p. 75 under no. 135
Renger, Konrad, ‘Rubens Dedit Dedicavitque. Rubens’ Beschaftigung mit der eproduktionsgrafik’ in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1974; XVI
pp. 134n47, 136
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
Vlieghe, Hans, Saints (CRLB), London 1972-73
p. 107 under no. 126
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 327
as Van Dyck (?)
Müller Hofstede, J., ‘Rubens’ Grisaille für den Abendmahlsstich des Boetius à Bolswert’ in 'Pantheon', 1970; XXVIII
p. 109 and note 9
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; IV
no. 327
pl. XLII
Mariette, Pierre-Jean, Description sommaire des desseins des grands maistres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, du cabinet de feu M. Crozat, Paris 1741
no. 823 ...Less
cat. no. 5.5
p. 30 and no. 5.5 on p. 393
fig. 10 on p. 28
as by van Dyck
The Young Van Dyck, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 20 November 2012 - 31 March 2013, London 2013
p. 253
Peter Paul Rubens: the drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 January - 3 April 2005 New York, New Haven, London 2005
p. 47
fig. 27 on p. 47
as 'Ascribed to Anthony van Dyck' ...More
Rubens et l'art de la gravure, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen and Montreal, musée national des beaux-arts de Québec, 2004-05
p. 55n47
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 48
no. 48 on pp. 19, 30 under no. 35, 44
ill. on p. 45
as van Dyck(?) after Rubens, dated c.1618-19
Pohlen, Ingeborg, Untersuchungen zur Reproduktionsgraphik der Rubenswerkstatt, Munich 1985
pp. 266-67
The Young Van Dyck, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980
pp. 89-90
rejected as by van Dyck
Rubens e l’incisione nelle collezioni di Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Villa della Farnesina alla Lungara, Rome, 1977
p. 75 under no. 135
Renger, Konrad, ‘Rubens Dedit Dedicavitque. Rubens’ Beschaftigung mit der eproduktionsgrafik’ in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1974; XVI
pp. 134n47, 136
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
Vlieghe, Hans, Saints (CRLB), London 1972-73
p. 107 under no. 126
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 327
as Van Dyck (?)
Müller Hofstede, J., ‘Rubens’ Grisaille für den Abendmahlsstich des Boetius à Bolswert’ in 'Pantheon', 1970; XXVIII
p. 109 and note 9
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; IV
no. 327
pl. XLII
Mariette, Pierre-Jean, Description sommaire des desseins des grands maistres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, du cabinet de feu M. Crozat, Paris 1741
no. 823 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto (only visible in raking light due to mount): lower left, over arm of kneeling figure with barrel: a posthorn?
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge and lower right corner, brown ink, Dezallier d'Argenville’s hand: “Rubens” and “1559 [paraphe]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, blue ink: “Marque de Crozat”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink, inventory number transcribed above: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (L.2951).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge and lower right corner, brown ink, Dezallier d'Argenville’s hand: “Rubens” and “1559 [paraphe]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, blue ink: “Marque de Crozat”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink, inventory number transcribed above: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (L.2951).
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