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Sleeping nymphs and a satyr (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1577-1640
1577-1640
Title
Sleeping nymphs and a satyr (recto)
Date of Production
1615 - 1616
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.60
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
William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836); his sale, T. Philippe (London), 6 - 23 June 1814, lot 1169 [Lugt does not record any copies of catalogue annotated with buyers' names]; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; ceded by his executors to Samuel Woodburn (London), 1835; Woodburn estate sale, Christie’s (London), 4 - 8 June 1860, lot 785; purchased there by Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872); by descent to his grandson, Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick (1856-1938); purchased from the Fenwick estate by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1946; Princes 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 in association with Kristin Lohse Belkin, Anne-Marie Logan in association with Kristin Lohse Belkin, The Drawings of Peter Paul Rubens. A Critical Catalogue, Volume Two (1609-1620), 2 vols, Turnhout, 2023
part I, no. 357 and pp. 249-50 under no. 358
part II, figs. 471 (recto) and 472 (verso)
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
I, no. 88-1 (recto) and pp. 252-53, 458, 465-66, 468, 470, 473, 485, 493
II, figs. 308 (recto), 310 (verso)
Büttner, Nils, Allegories and Subjects from Literature, CRLB XII, 2 vols., London and Turnhout, 2018
I, p. 440 under no. 59
II, fig. 295 (recto) ...More
Devisscher, Hans and Hans Vlieghe, The Life of Christ before the Passion: the Youth of Christ, CRLB V (1), 2 vols., Turnhout and London, 2014
I, no. 24a (verso)
II, fig. 92 (verso)
Wood, Jeremy, Rubens: copies and adaptations from Renaissance and later masters. Italian artists. II. Titian and North Italian art (CRLB), London 2010
pp. 156 under no. 118 (recto), 404 under no. 158 (verso)
White, Christopher, The later Flemish pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London 2007
p. 228 under no. 64 (recto, as a sheet of studies for 'Venus (?) and Cupid')
Peter Paul Rubens: the drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 January - 3 April 2005 New York, New Haven, London 2005
p. 133 under no. 31 (recto, as 'Three Studies for Venus (?)')
Peter Paul Rubens, K.A. Schröder and H. Widauer (eds.), exh. cat., Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 2004
p. 234 under no. 37 (recto)
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 33
and pp. 19, 34 under no 38 and 39
ill. on p. 29 (recto)
dated c. 1615-16; in file
Belkin, Kristin Lohse, ‘Titian, Rubens and Van Dyck. A new look at old evidence’ in Görel Cavalli-Björkman (ed.), Bacchanals by Titian and Rubens. Papers given at a symposium in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm March 18-19, 1987, Stockholm, 1987, pp. 143-52
p. 150 note 9
entry author: Belkin
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, Oxford 1986 (2nd ed.)
no. 137 and pp. 31, 122 under nos. 138 and 139
pl. 137 (recto)
Freedberg, David, Rubens: the life of Christ after the Passion (CRLB), London 1984
no. 49b and pp. 72 under no. 17, 210-11 under no. 49c, 239 under no. 53a (verso only, described as the recto))
fig. 141 (verso, as recto)
in file
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640. Austellung zur 400. Widerkehr seines Geburtstages, Klaus Demus (ed.), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1977
pp. 81 under no. 22, 106 under no. 42
fig. 15 (recto)
entry authors: no. 22: Wolfgang Prohaska no. 42: Karl Schütz
Bernhard, Marianne, Rubens Handzeichnungen, Munich 1977
ill. on pp. 266 (verso, but labelled recto), 267 (recto, but labelled verso)
not referenced within the text; photocopy in file
Peter Paul Rubens: kritischer Katalog der Zeichnungen: Originale, Umkreis, Kopien, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1977, 1977
p. 76 under no. 27
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 60
adjusts dating to c. 1615-16; in file
Jaffé, Michael, 'Rubens and Snijders: a fruitful partnership' in 'Apollo', 1971 - pp. 184-196; XCIII
p. 189
fig. 16 on p. 196 (recto)
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, 'Rubens und Jan Brueghel: Diana und ihre Nymphen' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1968; X
p. 215
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Burchard and d'Hulst in 'Master Drawings', 1966; IV, 4
no. 85 on p. 449
follows Burchard and d'Hulst in reversing recto and verso; in file
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
vol. I, no. 86 on p. 144 and pp. 141-43 under no. 85, 174 under no. 108, 317 under no. 197
vol. II, figs. 86r (verso, but called the recto here), 86v (recto, but called the verso here)
reverses recto and verso; in file
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, London 1959
no. 45 and pp. 28, 112-13 under no. 46
pl. 46 (recto), fig. 48 (verso)
dated c. 1618-20; in file
Popham, A.E., 'Sir Thomas Phillipps as a Patron of Artists and a Collector of Pictures and Drawings' in 'The Formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841-1872 (Phillipps Studies, IV), Cambridge 1956
App. B, p. 226, no. 17
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 60
pls. CXV (recto), CXVI (verso)
dated both recto and verso c. 1620; in file
Simon, Kurt Erich, 'Rubens' Satyrn und die ruhende Diana' in 'Jahrbuch der preussischen Kunstsammlungen', 1942; LXIII
pp. 110-13
fig. 3 on p. 111 (recto)
in file
Popham, A.E., Catalogue of drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, now in the possession of his grandson T. FitzRoy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House Cheltenham, London 1935
p. 194, no. 4
pl. LXXXVI (recto) ...Less
part I, no. 357 and pp. 249-50 under no. 358
part II, figs. 471 (recto) and 472 (verso)
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
I, no. 88-1 (recto) and pp. 252-53, 458, 465-66, 468, 470, 473, 485, 493
II, figs. 308 (recto), 310 (verso)
Büttner, Nils, Allegories and Subjects from Literature, CRLB XII, 2 vols., London and Turnhout, 2018
I, p. 440 under no. 59
II, fig. 295 (recto) ...More
Devisscher, Hans and Hans Vlieghe, The Life of Christ before the Passion: the Youth of Christ, CRLB V (1), 2 vols., Turnhout and London, 2014
I, no. 24a (verso)
II, fig. 92 (verso)
Wood, Jeremy, Rubens: copies and adaptations from Renaissance and later masters. Italian artists. II. Titian and North Italian art (CRLB), London 2010
pp. 156 under no. 118 (recto), 404 under no. 158 (verso)
White, Christopher, The later Flemish pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London 2007
p. 228 under no. 64 (recto, as a sheet of studies for 'Venus (?) and Cupid')
Peter Paul Rubens: the drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 January - 3 April 2005 New York, New Haven, London 2005
p. 133 under no. 31 (recto, as 'Three Studies for Venus (?)')
Peter Paul Rubens, K.A. Schröder and H. Widauer (eds.), exh. cat., Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 2004
p. 234 under no. 37 (recto)
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 33
and pp. 19, 34 under no 38 and 39
ill. on p. 29 (recto)
dated c. 1615-16; in file
Belkin, Kristin Lohse, ‘Titian, Rubens and Van Dyck. A new look at old evidence’ in Görel Cavalli-Björkman (ed.), Bacchanals by Titian and Rubens. Papers given at a symposium in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm March 18-19, 1987, Stockholm, 1987, pp. 143-52
p. 150 note 9
entry author: Belkin
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, Oxford 1986 (2nd ed.)
no. 137 and pp. 31, 122 under nos. 138 and 139
pl. 137 (recto)
Freedberg, David, Rubens: the life of Christ after the Passion (CRLB), London 1984
no. 49b and pp. 72 under no. 17, 210-11 under no. 49c, 239 under no. 53a (verso only, described as the recto))
fig. 141 (verso, as recto)
in file
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640. Austellung zur 400. Widerkehr seines Geburtstages, Klaus Demus (ed.), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1977
pp. 81 under no. 22, 106 under no. 42
fig. 15 (recto)
entry authors: no. 22: Wolfgang Prohaska no. 42: Karl Schütz
Bernhard, Marianne, Rubens Handzeichnungen, Munich 1977
ill. on pp. 266 (verso, but labelled recto), 267 (recto, but labelled verso)
not referenced within the text; photocopy in file
Peter Paul Rubens: kritischer Katalog der Zeichnungen: Originale, Umkreis, Kopien, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1977, 1977
p. 76 under no. 27
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 60
adjusts dating to c. 1615-16; in file
Jaffé, Michael, 'Rubens and Snijders: a fruitful partnership' in 'Apollo', 1971 - pp. 184-196; XCIII
p. 189
fig. 16 on p. 196 (recto)
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, 'Rubens und Jan Brueghel: Diana und ihre Nymphen' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1968; X
p. 215
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Burchard and d'Hulst in 'Master Drawings', 1966; IV, 4
no. 85 on p. 449
follows Burchard and d'Hulst in reversing recto and verso; in file
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
vol. I, no. 86 on p. 144 and pp. 141-43 under no. 85, 174 under no. 108, 317 under no. 197
vol. II, figs. 86r (verso, but called the recto here), 86v (recto, but called the verso here)
reverses recto and verso; in file
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, London 1959
no. 45 and pp. 28, 112-13 under no. 46
pl. 46 (recto), fig. 48 (verso)
dated c. 1618-20; in file
Popham, A.E., 'Sir Thomas Phillipps as a Patron of Artists and a Collector of Pictures and Drawings' in 'The Formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841-1872 (Phillipps Studies, IV), Cambridge 1956
App. B, p. 226, no. 17
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 60
pls. CXV (recto), CXVI (verso)
dated both recto and verso c. 1620; in file
Simon, Kurt Erich, 'Rubens' Satyrn und die ruhende Diana' in 'Jahrbuch der preussischen Kunstsammlungen', 1942; LXIII
pp. 110-13
fig. 3 on p. 111 (recto)
in file
Popham, A.E., Catalogue of drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, now in the possession of his grandson T. FitzRoy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House Cheltenham, London 1935
p. 194, no. 4
pl. LXXXVI (recto) ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, not modern: "69".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, not modern: "69".
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