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Johnson Manuscript page - Atlas accompanied by text from the Aeneid

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - Atlas accompanied by text from the Aeneid

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink (image), pen and brown ink (text) on laid paper (noticeably different paper to that on either side of it)

Dimensions

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 15.4 cm

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.40 (fol. 38)

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








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

Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, p. 99n64

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: lower portion of two stacked circles, the lower one containing the letter "P" - part of the Arms of Genoa produced by the Gambino family (Paper Type 8 in Peter Bower's 2017 report).

Inscription: Recto: upper part of page, brown ink, repeated on later folio PG.1.63: “Athletarum Incessus súblimior est fastúm praeseferens / Talis prima Dares capút altúm in proelia tollit / ostenditque húmeros latos alternaque iactat brachia / protendens: et verberat ictibus aúras virg AEn: 5”; right centre, brown ink: “Haec fatús dúplicem ex humeris / reiecit amictúm; / et magnos membrorúm artús / magna ossa lacertosque / exuit, atque ingens media consistit / arena etc / Constitit in digitos extemplo arrectús / úterque / brachia que ad súperas, interritús / extúlit aúras / Abduxere retro longe capita / ardua, ab ictú / immiscentque manús manibus: / púgnamque lecessunt. Virg.AEn .5”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “38”.

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