Raising of the Cross
Maker
(artist)
1695-1754
After
(artist)
1577-1640
1695-1754
After
(artist)
1577-1640
Title
Raising of the Cross
Date of Production
(circa) 1751
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink and wash framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.428.18
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
possibly the set remaining in the artist's studio after his death (his estate sale catalogue of 10 March 1755 lists two sets in the forward, one in red and black chalk, and the other with 'elaborately executed colours' and listed for sale as no. 50 on p. 102; the other known set of coloured drawings is in Antwerp); bound in an album for Count Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710-1792) (as attested to by the second title page); Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (1761-1808) (his bookplate inside the album cover); by descent to Lord Rendlesham (his bookplate inside the album cover); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 20 July 1936 (£100); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Martin, John Rupert, Rubens: the ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (CRLB), London 1968
pp. 87-89 under no. 10 and pp. 3, 226, 230
fig. 61
pp. 87-89 under no. 10 and pp. 3, 226, 230
fig. 61
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge (visible only with VSC 8000): upper portion of a cross and "IHS" (countermark to a Strasburg lily).
Collector's mark: none (although unable to check verso).
Inscription: none (although unable to check verso).
Collector's mark: none (although unable to check verso).
Inscription: none (although unable to check verso).
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