Head of an Augustine friar
Maker
Winterhalter (draughtsman)
Joseph Anton Selb (engraver)
1784-1832
Joseph Anton Selb (engraver)
1784-1832
Title
Head of an Augustine friar
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 45.6 cm
Width: 30.2 cm
Width: 30.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2256
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, black ink: "9."; lower left edge, black ink: "Lithogr. par Selb."; lower right edge, black ink: "Dessine par Winterhalter."; lower centre edge, graphite: "9."; lower centre, black ink: "Peint par Rubens, dont l'original sur tois setrouve dans le Cabinet // de M: Speck de 26 p. d. h. sur 22 p de l.a Leipsie."; lower right edge, graphite: "1968A.". Verso: left edge, graphite: "NV-17-5... G.1990.WL.2256."; centre right, black ink: "No. 9. // Peter Paul Rubens. // Brustbild eines Augustiner-Priors, in Lebensgrosse und Schwarzer Kleidung. Bewun-//dernswurdige Wahrheit, Wirkung und Erhabenheit des Ausdrucks, machen dieses Portrait zu einem der vor-//zuglichsten, welche von diesem grossen Meister bekannt sind. Es ist ganz von Rubens selbst gemalt, und lie-//fert, wie alle Werke dieses Kunstlers, Beweise seiner grossen Verdienste.//Aus der Burtinschen Sammlung zu Brussel. Auf Holz, 26 Zoll hoch, 22 Zoll breit.// Speck Coll. // Leipzig, 1827.".
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : 9.//
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : 9.//
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