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Study for 'The Bath of Diana' (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1577-1640
1577-1640
Title
Study for 'The Bath of Diana' (recto)
Date of Production
1635 - 1639
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto), black and red chalk (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 50.9 cm
Width: 50.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.65
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
Greek mythology recounts the tale of a young hunter, Actaeon, who is punished for stumbling upon the virginal Goddess of the Hunt, Diana, enjoying a bath in a spring surrounded by her nymphs. Here, Diana is the only figure with direct eye contact, but her nymphs have yet to react to the intrusion. Rubens has swiftly established the basic elements of the composition in ink in preparation for a painting (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam), primarily considering the placement and interactions between figures with only an indication of the background.
Provenance
Prosper Henry Lankrink, London (1628-1692), L.2090; Jonathan Richardson, the younger, London (1694-1771), L.2170; R. Adam Ellis; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 18 December 1940, lot 15; purchased there by Heinrich Eisemann (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, 16 January 1941 (£625); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Narrative Folds (Pop-up exhibition), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/2013-01/06/2013
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004
Drawing the Line - Reappraising Drawing Past and Present
(selected by Michael Craig-Martin), Southampton City Art Gallery; Manchester City Art Galleries; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 07/07/1995-10/09/1995 ...More
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...Less
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004
Drawing the Line - Reappraising Drawing Past and Present
(selected by Michael Craig-Martin), Southampton City Art Gallery; Manchester City Art Galleries; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 07/07/1995-10/09/1995 ...More
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...Less
Literature
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
pp. 208-09 under no. 63
Büttner, Nils, Rubens. Genre Scenes, CRLB XVII, London and Turnhout, 2019
p. 212 under nos. 10a-b (verso)
fig. 145 (verso)
McGrath, Elizabeth, Gregory Martin, Fiona Healey, Bert Schepers, Carl van de Velde and Karolien de Clippel, Mythological Subjects. I. Achilles to The Graces, CRLB XI, 2 vols., London and Turnhout, 2016
I, no. 32a (recto) and pp. 159 under no. 8, 365 under no. 32
II, fig. 289 (recto)
entry author: Gregory Martin ...More
Kopecky, Veronika, ‘Die Beischriften des Peter Paul Rubens. Überlegungen zu handschriftlichen Vermerken auf Zeichnungen’, PhD diss., University of Hamburg, 2012
I, pp. 103-04, II, no. 71 (verso)
II, ill.
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 15
fig. 15 on p. 73 (verso)
in file
de Poorter, Nora, Guido Jansen and Jeroen Giltay (eds.), Rubens en zijn tijd: eigen collectie = Rubens and his age: own collection, exh. cat., Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1990
p. 135 under no. 40
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 41
no. 41 and p. 19
ill. on p. 37 (recto)
dated c. 1635-40; in file
Braham, Helen and Robert Bruce-Gardner, 'Rubens's "Landscape by moonlight"', Burlington Magazine, 130, 1025, August 1988, pp. 579-96;
p. 582
fig. 6 (recto)
Logan, Anne-Marie, Review of 'Held, Selected Drawings, 1986' in 'Master Drawings, 1987; XXV, 1
no. 143 on pp. 73-74
in file
Balis, Arnout, translated from the Dutch by P.S. Falla, Rubens hunting scenes (CRLB), London 1986
pp. 168-69, 172 note 28-30, 175 note 2
argues verso is not a study for the Lion Hunt; in file
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, Oxford 1986 (2nd ed.)
no. 220 and pp. 11, 60, 124 under no. 143, p. 130 under no. 156
pl. 210
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 58
ill. on p. 64 (recto)
in file
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 148
Held, Julius S., The oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: a critical catalogue, Princeton 1980
pp. 409-10 under nos. 299, 300
Logan, Anne-Marie S. and Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, 'Dessins de Rubens', Revue de l'art, 42, 1978, p. 89-99
p. 92
verso, as 'Lion Hunt'
Dreier, Franz-Adrian, 'Anmerkungen zur "Frierenden Venus" von Peter Paul Rubens' in 'Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte', Munich and Berlin 1977 - pp. 45-52; 16
p. 47
fig. 3 on p. 48 (recto)
in file
Peter Paul Rubens: kritischer Katalog der Zeichnungen: Originale, Umkreis, Kopien, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1977, 1977
p. 83 under no. 29 and p. 108 under no. 38
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 65
in file
Rosand, David, 'Rubens's Munich Lion Hunt: its sources and significance' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1969 - pp. 29-40; LI
pp. 32, 33 note 26
fig. 14 (verso)
in file
Rosand, David, ‘Rubens Drawings’, Art Bulletin, 48, 2, June 1966, pp. 235-47
p. 236 note 16
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Burchard and d'Hulst in 'Master Drawings', 1966; IV, 4
p. 452 under no. 159
Jaffé, Michael, 'Rubens as a draughtsman' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1965; CVII
p. 381 under no. 159
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
I, no. 159 and p. 294 under no. 189
II, pls. 159r, 159v
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Held, 'Selected Drawings' in 'Kunstchronik', May 1962; XV
under no. 64
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, London 1959
no. 64 and pp. 6, 81, 115 under no. 50, 134 under no. 96
pl. 78
partially in file
Aust, Günter, 'Entwurf und Ausführung bei Rubens' in 'Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch', 1958; XX
p. 170 note 14
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 65
pl. CXXV (recto), CXXVI (verso)
dated 1635-40 (recto) and ca. 1622 (verso); in file ...Less
pp. 208-09 under no. 63
Büttner, Nils, Rubens. Genre Scenes, CRLB XVII, London and Turnhout, 2019
p. 212 under nos. 10a-b (verso)
fig. 145 (verso)
McGrath, Elizabeth, Gregory Martin, Fiona Healey, Bert Schepers, Carl van de Velde and Karolien de Clippel, Mythological Subjects. I. Achilles to The Graces, CRLB XI, 2 vols., London and Turnhout, 2016
I, no. 32a (recto) and pp. 159 under no. 8, 365 under no. 32
II, fig. 289 (recto)
entry author: Gregory Martin ...More
Kopecky, Veronika, ‘Die Beischriften des Peter Paul Rubens. Überlegungen zu handschriftlichen Vermerken auf Zeichnungen’, PhD diss., University of Hamburg, 2012
I, pp. 103-04, II, no. 71 (verso)
II, ill.
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 15
fig. 15 on p. 73 (verso)
in file
de Poorter, Nora, Guido Jansen and Jeroen Giltay (eds.), Rubens en zijn tijd: eigen collectie = Rubens and his age: own collection, exh. cat., Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1990
p. 135 under no. 40
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 41
no. 41 and p. 19
ill. on p. 37 (recto)
dated c. 1635-40; in file
Braham, Helen and Robert Bruce-Gardner, 'Rubens's "Landscape by moonlight"', Burlington Magazine, 130, 1025, August 1988, pp. 579-96;
p. 582
fig. 6 (recto)
Logan, Anne-Marie, Review of 'Held, Selected Drawings, 1986' in 'Master Drawings, 1987; XXV, 1
no. 143 on pp. 73-74
in file
Balis, Arnout, translated from the Dutch by P.S. Falla, Rubens hunting scenes (CRLB), London 1986
pp. 168-69, 172 note 28-30, 175 note 2
argues verso is not a study for the Lion Hunt; in file
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, Oxford 1986 (2nd ed.)
no. 220 and pp. 11, 60, 124 under no. 143, p. 130 under no. 156
pl. 210
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 58
ill. on p. 64 (recto)
in file
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 148
Held, Julius S., The oil sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: a critical catalogue, Princeton 1980
pp. 409-10 under nos. 299, 300
Logan, Anne-Marie S. and Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, 'Dessins de Rubens', Revue de l'art, 42, 1978, p. 89-99
p. 92
verso, as 'Lion Hunt'
Dreier, Franz-Adrian, 'Anmerkungen zur "Frierenden Venus" von Peter Paul Rubens' in 'Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte', Munich and Berlin 1977 - pp. 45-52; 16
p. 47
fig. 3 on p. 48 (recto)
in file
Peter Paul Rubens: kritischer Katalog der Zeichnungen: Originale, Umkreis, Kopien, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1977, 1977
p. 83 under no. 29 and p. 108 under no. 38
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 65
in file
Rosand, David, 'Rubens's Munich Lion Hunt: its sources and significance' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1969 - pp. 29-40; LI
pp. 32, 33 note 26
fig. 14 (verso)
in file
Rosand, David, ‘Rubens Drawings’, Art Bulletin, 48, 2, June 1966, pp. 235-47
p. 236 note 16
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Burchard and d'Hulst in 'Master Drawings', 1966; IV, 4
p. 452 under no. 159
Jaffé, Michael, 'Rubens as a draughtsman' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1965; CVII
p. 381 under no. 159
Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
I, no. 159 and p. 294 under no. 189
II, pls. 159r, 159v
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Held, 'Selected Drawings' in 'Kunstchronik', May 1962; XV
under no. 64
Held, Julius S., Rubens: selected drawings, London 1959
no. 64 and pp. 6, 81, 115 under no. 50, 134 under no. 96
pl. 78
partially in file
Aust, Günter, 'Entwurf und Ausführung bei Rubens' in 'Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch', 1958; XX
p. 170 note 14
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 65
pl. CXXV (recto), CXXVI (verso)
dated 1635-40 (recto) and ca. 1622 (verso); in file ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: "4NG" monogram above a posthorn on an ornamental shield (per Peter Bower, made by Nicholas Georgel, who worked the Grand Meix mill near Nancy between 1626 and 1642).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, red chalk, artist's hand, transcribed by Balis 1986 and Seilern: "dese dry vraukens half gheeleed voor [or gheeleurt door] van den Broeck" [threse three women, half dressed, for van den Broeck - his identity unknown, perhaps a patron]; upper left corner, graphite, modern hand: "III 29".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black: Prosper Henry Lankrink (L.2090); lower right corner, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, red chalk, artist's hand, transcribed by Balis 1986 and Seilern: "dese dry vraukens half gheeleed voor [or gheeleurt door] van den Broeck" [threse three women, half dressed, for van den Broeck - his identity unknown, perhaps a patron]; upper left corner, graphite, modern hand: "III 29".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black: Prosper Henry Lankrink (L.2090); lower right corner, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170).
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