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Johnson Manuscript page - flyleaf with collectors' book plates (recto)

Maker

(printmaker)
1800-1899

(printmaker)
1700-1799

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - flyleaf with collectors' book plates (recto)

Date of Production

1735, 1897 and 1930

Medium

black ink printed on paper

Dimensions

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

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.1

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






Related Works

The Johnson Manuscript (manuscript transcript of the Rubens Pocketbook)

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

Exhibition History

Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 17/10/2017-21/01/2018; Stadel Museum, Frankfurt, 08/02/2018-03/06/2018

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

Watermark: Watermarks: Recto (the manuscript page), left centre edge: fragment of a Pro Patria. Verso (the etching sheet): left centre edge: lower portion of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: printed in black: Greek writing at lower left and right on plinths; lower right, initial of etcher: "G. Sc."; on banderole below coats-of-arms: "EXCITENT"; lower centre edge: "M Johnson J. Hon Soc. I. Templi & Antiq Lond S. &c Gen Spaldg Infl & Secr. 1735.".

Bookplate: Recto: adhered to lower centre of page: printed in black: "CHRISTOPHER / ALEXANDER / MARSDEN / MCMXXX".

Bookplate: Recto: adhered to upper centre of page: printed in black: "W.A. MARSDEN / University College Oxford / 1897".

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