Johnson Manuscript page - continuation of 'De numeris' text (recto)
Title
Johnson Manuscript page - continuation of 'De numeris' text (recto)
Date of Production
(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775
Medium
pen and grey ink, brown ink used for corrections and added diacritics (recto and verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 16 cm
Width: 16 cm
Accession Number
MS.1978.PG.1.27 (fol. 25)
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
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: lower half of a foolscap with five points visible above "4" above 3 Medici balls (matches Heawood 2002 - dated 1674, on a collection of Dutch papers in London).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “88.a.”; whole page, grey ink, with corrections and accents added in brown ink: “de qúadratúra circúli qúi fit hoc modo / qúadratúr in circúlo circúlús in qúadratúm […]” [not fully transcribed]; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “25”. Verso: upper half of page, grey ink with corrections and accents added in brown ink: “Basis stabiliúm dú qúae corpora instant / aaliúm qúia moventúr ex matus alteratione / dúae aút qúatuor aút plúviúm sed sxer / númeri pares”.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “88.a.”; whole page, grey ink, with corrections and accents added in brown ink: “de qúadratúra circúli qúi fit hoc modo / qúadratúr in circúlo circúlús in qúadratúm […]” [not fully transcribed]; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “25”. Verso: upper half of page, grey ink with corrections and accents added in brown ink: “Basis stabiliúm dú qúae corpora instant / aaliúm qúia moventúr ex matus alteratione / dúae aút qúatuor aút plúviúm sed sxer / númeri pares”.
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