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A woman attacking a kneeling figure, while a man arrives from the left (Juno's vengeance on Callisto?)

Maker

School of
(artist)
1599-1641

Title

A woman attacking a kneeling figure, while a man arrives from the left (Juno's vengeance on Callisto?)

Date of Production

(circa) 1621 - 1623

Medium

pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 35.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.68

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

Prosper Henry Lankrink, London (1628-1692), L.2090; William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836); his sale, Philipe (London), 17 June 1814, lot 1167 (as Rubens); 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 348 (as van Dyck); 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

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938

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
I, p. 320 under no. 75b
says will be rejected as either Rubens or van Dyck in forthcoming Courtauld catalogue

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, p. 130 note 35 under no. 6

Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 43
no. 43 and p. 19
ill. on p. 39
as 'Ascribed to van Dyck'; in file ...More

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 68
as van Dyck?

Müller Hofstede, Justus, Review of Burchard and d'Hulst in 'Master Drawings', 1966; IV, 4
p. 449 under no. 82
as Rubens; in file

Jaffé, Michael, 'Rubens as a draughtsman' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1965; CVII
p. 379
as van Dyck; in file

Burchard, Ludwig and R.A. d'Hulst, Rubens drawings, Brussels 1963
no. 82
as Rubens; in file

Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 68
pl. CXXX
as van Dyck; in file

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 612
no. 612
as van Dyck

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. 183, no. 1
pl. LXXVI
as van Dyck ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, light brown ink: "Rubbens". Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: “5”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower centre, stamped in black ink: Prosper Henry Lankrink (L.2090).

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