Johnson Manuscript page - Hercules Farnese and studies of arms and a soldier reaching from an engraving of 'Massacre of the Innocents'
Maker
Copy after
(artist)
ca. 1486-1527 (Life dates)
After
(artist)
1488-1560
(artist)
ca. 1486-1527 (Life dates)
After
(artist)
1488-1560
Title
Johnson Manuscript page - Hercules Farnese and studies of arms and a soldier reaching from an engraving of 'Massacre of the Innocents'
Date of Production
(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Accession Number
MS.1978.PG.1.49 (fol. 47)
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
Lusheck, Catherine, Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing, London, 2017
p. 211
fig. 4.21
van der Meulen, Marjorie, Rubens copies after the Antique (CRLB), 3 vols, London 1994
vol. I, p. 71; vol. II, p. 48n1
Fig. p. vol. III, fig. 47 ...More
Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, p. 96n64; vol. II, pp. 234-35
Fig. p. vol. I, fig. LXI ...Less
cat. no. 28
Lusheck, Catherine, Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing, London, 2017
p. 211
fig. 4.21
van der Meulen, Marjorie, Rubens copies after the Antique (CRLB), 3 vols, London 1994
vol. I, p. 71; vol. II, p. 48n1
Fig. p. vol. III, fig. 47 ...More
Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. I, p. 96n64; vol. II, pp. 234-35
Fig. p. vol. I, fig. LXI ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: upper half of Arms of Amsterdam.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “201 .b.”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “47”.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “201 .b.”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “47”.
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