The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters)

Title

The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters)

Date of Production

1640

Medium

medium : material : pen and ink (brown) & support : material : paper

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.2

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Related Works

Title-page for The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters) Letter from Sir Peter Paul Rubens to Sir Balthasar Gerbier, late April/May 1640 (undated) (recto and verso) Letter from Sir Balthasar Gerbier to William Murrey dated 31 May 1640 (one of three letters included with the Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death) Letter from Sir Balthasar Gerbier to William Murrey dated 2 June 1640 (one of three letters included with the Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death) Presentation inscription for The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 1-28) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 38-59) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 81-105) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 135-165) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 200-231) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (items 263-288) (recto) Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death (un-numbered list) Blank page (recto) from The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters)

Provenance

William Stevenson Fitch, of Ipswich, presented to Dawson Turner 1832 (recorded in inscription included in album), sold Puttick and Simpson, 6 June 1859 (4th day), lot 408; 7th Duke of Newcastle (Clumber Library), sold Sotheby's 16 February 1938 (9th day), lot 1298; Christopher Norris (by 1955); Martin B Asscher, sold Sotheby's 10 April 1961, lot 131; acquired at sale by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 60-63
ill. on pp. 54-58

Muller, Jeffrey, ‘Rubens’s Cupids and Andrians. The first documents and what they tell us’ in Görel Cavalli-Björkman (ed.), Bacchanals by Titian and Rubens. Papers given at a symposium in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm March 18-19, 1987, Stockholm, 1987, pp. 75-80
pp. 76-77
fig. 1 on p. 77

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