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Johnson Manuscript page - print of woman carrying a censer, from le Clerc's 'Divers Habillemens'

Maker

(etcher)
1637-1714

(publisher)
1640-1703

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - print of woman carrying a censer, from le Clerc's 'Divers Habillemens'

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

etching on laid paper, trimmed and laid down on manuscript page

Dimensions

Height: 20.7 cm (whole page)
Width: 16.2 cm (whole page)

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.176

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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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: top of small crown.

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge of print, printed in black: “Part. 2.d”; lower right corner of print, printed in black: “19”; lower right corner of page, graphite, faint folio number: “168”.

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