Letter from Sir Peter Paul Rubens to Sir Balthasar Gerbier, late April/May 1640 (undated) (recto and verso)
Maker
(Artists)
1577-1640
1577-1640
Title
Letter from Sir Peter Paul Rubens to Sir Balthasar Gerbier, late April/May 1640 (undated) (recto and verso)
Date of Production
(late April/May) 1640
Medium
Pen and brown ink on paper
Accession Number
MS.1978.PG.2.2
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
personal correspondence
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
Exhibition History
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 60
no. 60 and Foreward and pp. 50, 55 under no. 62
Fig. p. p. 54
cat. no. 60
no. 60 and Foreward and pp. 50, 55 under no. 62
Fig. p. p. 54
Inscriptions
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