Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of a nude man leaning on nothing, his back foot planted on a block, from Leonardo's 'Treatise of Painting' (1721)
Maker
Copy after
(author)
1452-1519
(author)
1452-1519
Title
Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of a nude man leaning on nothing, his back foot planted on a block, from Leonardo's 'Treatise of Painting' (1721)
Date of Production
1721
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.9 cm (whole page)
Width: 13.3 cm (whole page)
Width: 13.3 cm (whole page)
Accession Number
MS.1978.PG.1.126
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
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of print, printed in black: “front p. 111."; lower right below figure, printed in black: “C“; lower right corner of print, printed in black: “8“.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of print, printed in black: “front p. 111."; lower right below figure, printed in black: “C“; lower right corner of print, printed in black: “8“.
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