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Johnson Manuscript page - three motifs of a cista mystica from a Bacchic Sarcophagus

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - three motifs of a cista mystica from a Bacchic Sarcophagus

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

black chalk and grey wash on laid paper; black chalk offset on verso from facing drawing

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 16.1 cm

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.129 (fol. 111)

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

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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

McGrath, Elizabeth, Gregory Martin, Fiona Healey, Bert Schepers, Carl van de Velde and Karolien de Clippel, Mythological Subjects. I. Achilles to The Graces, CRLB XI, 2 vols., London and Turnhout, 2016
I, p. 408 under no. 41
II, fig. 337

Wood, Jeremy, Rubens: copies and adaptations from Renaissance and later artists. Italian artists. III Artists working in central Italy and France (CRLB), London 2011
I, p. 32 ...More

van der Meulen, Marjorie, Rubens copies after the Antique (CRLB), 3 vols, London 1994
pp. 151-54
vol. III, fig. 255

Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, pp. 45, 97n64 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: shield with Basle crozier and pendant monogram (Paper 1 in Peter Bower's 2017 report - paper made in Basle).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, folio number: "111".

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