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Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of head of a bearded man in profile (Silenus?) with a crown of leaves

Title

Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of head of a bearded man in profile (Silenus?) with a crown of leaves

Date of Production

1600 - 1699?

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 11 cm (whole page)
Width: 9.7 cm (whole page)

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.199

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left within the plate, etched in black in reverse: “02”. Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: "Sileni in ot[...]ina T[..]iro [?]".

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