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Johnson Manuscript page - end paper

Maker

(manufacturer)
1700-1799

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - end paper

Date of Production

1735, 1897 and 1930

Medium

blank laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm (whole page)
Width: 15.7 cm (whole page)

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.0

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

Provenance

possibly Albert Rubens (1614-1657); bought by Captain Maurice Johnson, 1742/44 for his father, Maurice Johnson Sr., Spalding (1688-1755); by descent in Johnson and Marsden families; W.A. Marsden (book-plate, 1897); Christopher Marsden (bookplate, 1930); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23-24 March, 1970, lot 179; purchased there via Maggs Bros. (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£2,600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 2017-18
cat. no. 28

Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, p. 78n3

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "Pompey / A15".

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