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Johnson Manuscript page - 'Quatuor elementa' text

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - 'Quatuor elementa' text

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

pen and grey ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.31 (fol. 29)

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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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: head of a foolscap with seven points (matches Heawood 2002 - dated 1674 on a collection of Dutch paper in London).

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “92.B.” and repeated at upper left corner in grey ink as “92.b.”; whole page, grey ink: “Quatuor elementa s[un]t in misterio magno / Aer ignis aqua terra […]” [not fully transcribed]; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “x / 29”.

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