Johnson Manuscript page - blank page with a plate now removed
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(etcher)
1637-1714
1637-1714
Title
Johnson Manuscript page - blank page with a plate now removed
Date of Production
(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775
Dimensions
Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Object Number
MS.1978.PG.1.182
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, left centre edge, fragment: upper half of a Pro Patria.
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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