Johnson Manuscript page - Hercules with his club and four heads and shoulders of strong men taken from engravings of 'Massacre of the Innocents' and 'Martyrdom of St Lawrence'
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Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
Copy after
Copy after
(artist)
born ca. 1470/1482, died 1527/1534 (Life dates)
Copy after(artist)
born ca. 1470/1482, died 1527/1534 (Life dates)
Copy after
(artist)
ca. 1486-1527 (Life dates)
After(artist)
ca. 1486-1527 (Life dates)
After
(artist)
1488-1560
Copy after(artist)
1488-1560
Copy after
(artist)
active ca. 1532 (Life dates)
After(artist)
active ca. 1532 (Life dates)
After
(artist)
1499-1592
(artist)
1499-1592
Title
Johnson Manuscript page - Hercules with his club and four heads and shoulders of strong men taken from engravings of 'Massacre of the Innocents' and 'Martyrdom of St Lawrence'
Date of Production
(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Object Number
MS.1978.PG.1.46 (fol. 44)
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: part of Baton Royal (Paper Type 7 in Peter Bower's 2017 report, dated between 1660-1696).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “200 .b.”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “44”.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “200 .b.”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “44”.
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
Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. II, p. 234
Fig. p. vol. I, fig. LIX
vol. II, p. 234
Fig. p. vol. I, fig. LIX
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