Entombment, Saturn and five female figures
Maker
School of
(artist)
1577-1640
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1593-1678
(artist)
1577-1640
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1593-1678
Title
Entombment, Saturn and five female figures
Date of Production
1630-1635
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.67
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
Captain Norman Robert Colville (1893-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 28 December 1942 (£100, as Rubens); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
d'Hulst, R.A., Jordaens drawings, London 1974
no. A4
as Jordaens
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 67
as Jordaens(?), and if so, revised dating to before 1616; in file
Held, J.S., 'Jordaens at Ottawa' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1969; CXI
p. 268 ...More
Held, Julius S., Review of 'Tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Ausstellung Rubenshuis, Antwerpen (8.10. - 4.12.1966) und Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (17.12.1966 - 5.2.1967). Katalong von Roger-A. d'Hulst' in 'Kunstchronik', April 1967 - pp. 94-110; 20, 4
pp. 97-98, 110
says 1630-35 is probably too late but agrees is a follower of Rubens; in file
Tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens, Rubenshuis, Antwerp and Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1966-1967
p. 40 under no. 2
entry author: R.A. d'Hulst
d'Hulst, R.A., 'Nieuwe gegevens omtrent enkele tekeningen van Jakob Jordaens' in 'Gentse Bijdragen tot de Kunstgeschiedenis en de Oudheidkunde' (1957-58), Ghent 1959 - pp. 135-56; XVII
pp. 135-38
fig. 1 on p. 136
as Jordaens; in file
Norris, Christopher, and Popham, A.E., 'Review: Count Seilern's Flemish Paintings and Drawings: The Drawings' in 'Burlington Magazine', December 1955 - pp. 396-98, 403; XCVII
p. 398
as Rubens
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 67
pl. CXXIX
as 'School of Rubens', dated c. 1630-35; in file ...Less
no. A4
as Jordaens
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 67
as Jordaens(?), and if so, revised dating to before 1616; in file
Held, J.S., 'Jordaens at Ottawa' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1969; CXI
p. 268 ...More
Held, Julius S., Review of 'Tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Ausstellung Rubenshuis, Antwerpen (8.10. - 4.12.1966) und Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (17.12.1966 - 5.2.1967). Katalong von Roger-A. d'Hulst' in 'Kunstchronik', April 1967 - pp. 94-110; 20, 4
pp. 97-98, 110
says 1630-35 is probably too late but agrees is a follower of Rubens; in file
Tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens, Rubenshuis, Antwerp and Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1966-1967
p. 40 under no. 2
entry author: R.A. d'Hulst
d'Hulst, R.A., 'Nieuwe gegevens omtrent enkele tekeningen van Jakob Jordaens' in 'Gentse Bijdragen tot de Kunstgeschiedenis en de Oudheidkunde' (1957-58), Ghent 1959 - pp. 135-56; XVII
pp. 135-38
fig. 1 on p. 136
as Jordaens; in file
Norris, Christopher, and Popham, A.E., 'Review: Count Seilern's Flemish Paintings and Drawings: The Drawings' in 'Burlington Magazine', December 1955 - pp. 396-98, 403; XCVII
p. 398
as Rubens
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 67
pl. CXXIX
as 'School of Rubens', dated c. 1630-35; in file ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: a name, Peter Bower suggested it reads CONARD or DUNARD in a lozenge.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink, cut off: “C ~mh[?] […]” [Seilern thought this was actually contemporary writing upside down, but is cut off by edge and impossible to read]; centre, brown ink: illegible.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink, cut off: “C ~mh[?] […]” [Seilern thought this was actually contemporary writing upside down, but is cut off by edge and impossible to read]; centre, brown ink: illegible.
Collector's mark: none.
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