A woman attacking a kneeling figure, while a man arrives from the left (Juno's vengeance on Callisto?)
Maker
School of
(artist)
1599-1641
(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
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
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
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).
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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