David slaying Goliath
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
1577-1640
Title
David slaying Goliath
Date of Production
1620
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm (panel)
Width: 19.2 cm (panel)
Width: 19.2 cm (panel)
Object Number
P.1978.PG.366
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Label Text
This rapidly preparatory sketch in shades of grey shows Rubens planning one of the 39 compositions that were to decorate the ceiling of the Jesuit church in Antwerp. It represents an early stage in the creative process and would have been followed by a more finished sketch in colours. Rubens used it principally to establish the figure of the young David, poised to bring the sword down on the giant’s neck.
Provenance
Charles Spruyt, sold Ghent, 28ff July 1806. lot 167, bought Maes; Waltner Paris (according to Dubaut); Pierre Dubaut, Paris; acquired by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) from Graupe, Paris, 1937; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 18
Fig. p. pl. 18
cat. no. 18
Fig. p. pl. 18
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 1
no. 1 and Foreward and pp. 1-3, 7 under no. 4, 10 under no. 8, 24 under no. 28b
Fig. p. p. 3
cat. no. 1
no. 1 and Foreward and pp. 1-3, 7 under no. 4, 10 under no. 8, 24 under no. 28b
Fig. p. p. 3
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