Copy of the child from Rubens's 'La Vierge au Perroquet'
Maker
(artist)
1798-1863
Copy after
(artist)
1577-1640
1798-1863
Copy after
(artist)
1577-1640
Title
Copy of the child from Rubens's 'La Vierge au Perroquet'
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite on laid paper, with extra strips of paper added to the upper and lower edges
Dimensions
Height: 27.6 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.420
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
Provenance
false mark of the artist, L.838, probably affixed by the dealer Vuillier; H. Larraine, Indochina; John Rewald (1912-1994), by 1959 (when exhibited as in his collection); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 July 1960, lot 28; purchased there via Colnaghi (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£336); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings Gallery Display - Drawing Together, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/09/2017-02/01/2018
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981
The Collection of Mr & Mrs John Rewald, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 31/03/1959-09/04/1959
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981
The Collection of Mr & Mrs John Rewald, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 31/03/1959-09/04/1959
Literature
The Courtauld Gallery and Thomas, Ben. Drawing Together (London: Courtauld Gallery, 2017-2018)
pp. 21, 38
ill. on p. 24
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. no. 65
Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 420
pl. XXXI
dated not later than 1850
pp. 21, 38
ill. on p. 24
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. no. 65
Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 420
pl. XXXI
dated not later than 1850
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto: left centre edge: scallop shell (a drawing by Delacroix in the Fogg Art Museum 1974.181.6 also has a scallop shell watermark).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in red ink: false mark of Eugène Delacroix (L.838).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in red ink: false mark of Eugène Delacroix (L.838).
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