by-nc
IIIF logo Open IIIF manifest What is IIIF IIIF viewers

Johnson Manuscript page - printed title page from 'Divers Habillemens des Anciens Grecs et Romains' by Sebastien le Clerc

Maker

(etcher)
1637-1714

(publisher)
1640-1703

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - printed title page from 'Divers Habillemens des Anciens Grecs et Romains' by Sebastien le Clerc

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

etching on laid paper, trimmed and laid down on manuscript page; offset on verso from facing print; a hint of red ink in medallion at lower centre, perhaps showing through from verso?

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm (whole page)
Width: 16.2 cm (whole page)

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.151

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Pro Patria.

Inscription: Recto: centre, printed in black: "DIVERS / HABILLEMENS / DES / ANCIENS GRECS / ET / ROMAINS / Par Seb. le Clerc / Chevalier / Romain.".

Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection