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

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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

Object Number

MS.1978.PG.2

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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Title-page for The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters) MS.1978.PG.2.1
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) MS.1978.PG.2.2
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Blank page (recto) from The Manuscripts of 1640 (Inventory of the works of art in Rubens' possession at his death, plus three letters)

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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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