Johnson Manuscript page - end paper
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(manufacturer)
1700-1799
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)
Width: 15.7 cm (whole page)
Object Number
MS.1978.PG.1.0
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "Pompey / A15".
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
cat. no. 28
Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, p. 78n3
vol. I, p. 78n3
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