Johnson Manuscript page - print of a nude man seen from the side, pointing down with this right hand, from Leonardo's 'Treatise of Painting' (1721)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
© Courtauld
© Courtauld
Maker
Copy after
Copy after
(author)
1452-1519
(author)
1452-1519
Title
Johnson Manuscript page - print of a nude man seen from the side, pointing down with this right hand, from Leonardo's 'Treatise of Painting' (1721)
Date of Production
1721
Medium
etching on laid paper, trimmed and laid down on manuscript page; offset on verso from facing print
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm (whole page)
Width: 16 cm (whole page)
Width: 16 cm (whole page)
Object Number
MS.1978.PG.1.125
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower centre edge, fragment: bottom of letters "GR".
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of print, printed in black: “front p. 152“; lower left, diagram labelled “R“, “M“ and “N“; lower right corner of print, printed in black: “25“; lower right corner of page, graphite, faint folio number: “119“.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of print, printed in black: “front p. 152“; lower left, diagram labelled “R“, “M“ and “N“; lower right corner of print, printed in black: “25“; lower right corner of page, graphite, faint folio number: “119“.
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
cat. no. 28
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