Studies for the figure of a monk (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1577-1640
1577-1640
Title
Studies for the figure of a monk (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1616
Medium
black chalk and traces of white chalk (recto), black, red and yellow chalk (verso), on grey-brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 45.3 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.58
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
Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 26 April 1945 (£350); Prince Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
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. 315
as school of Rubens
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 34
and p. 19
ill. on p. 30 (recto)
dated c. 1616; in file
Judson, J. Richard and Carl van de Velde, Rubens: Book illustrations and title-pages (CRLB), London 1978
p. 200 under no. 42
in file ...More
Rubens drawings and sketches, British Museum, London, 15 July - 30 October 1977, 1977
p. 73 under no. 75
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 58
in file
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
p. 194 under no. 122
in file
Dessins de P.P. Rubens, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, 16 June - 2 September 1956, 1956
p. 71 under no. 72 and p. 72 under no. 73
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 58
pls. CXII (recto), CXIII (verso)
as Rubens; dated c. 1617-19; in file ...Less
p. 315
as school of Rubens
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 34
and p. 19
ill. on p. 30 (recto)
dated c. 1616; in file
Judson, J. Richard and Carl van de Velde, Rubens: Book illustrations and title-pages (CRLB), London 1978
p. 200 under no. 42
in file ...More
Rubens drawings and sketches, British Museum, London, 15 July - 30 October 1977, 1977
p. 73 under no. 75
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 58
in file
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
p. 194 under no. 122
in file
Dessins de P.P. Rubens, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, 16 June - 2 September 1956, 1956
p. 71 under no. 72 and p. 72 under no. 73
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 58
pls. CXII (recto), CXIII (verso)
as Rubens; dated c. 1617-19; in file ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a small shield - unable to see clearly enough to identify (Peter Bower was also unable to identify it, and said this is coarse, low-grade wrapping paper).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, black chalk: "Rubens".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, black chalk: "Rubens".
Collector's mark: none.
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