Modello for the Title-Page to Corderius's "Commentaries on Saint Luke"
Maker
(Artists)
1577-1640
1577-1640
Title
Modello for the Title-Page to Corderius's "Commentaries on Saint Luke"
Date of Production
before September 1628
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 31.6 cm (canvas)
Width: 22.1 cm (canvas)
Width: 22.1 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.372
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This large sketch is a design for the title page of a book of commentaries on the Gospel of Saint Luke published in 1628 in Antwerp. Luke appears in the top of the composition, flanked by the dove of the Holy Spirit and the figure of Truth. The skin of the ox, Luke’s traditional symbol, is spread to contain the title, to be added later by the engraver.
Of the fifty title pages designed by Rubens, only four were painted in grisaille, making the work a rare example of this technique.
Of the fifty title pages designed by Rubens, only four were painted in grisaille, making the work a rare example of this technique.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The 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
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate
Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/1988-08/01/1989
Literature
Rubens: painter of sketches, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2018-19
p. 40
fig. 23
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 56
Fig. p. pl. 56 and frontispiece
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 44
no. 44 and pp. 19, 41
Fig. p. p. 42
p. 40
fig. 23
Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 56
Fig. p. pl. 56 and frontispiece
Rubens - Paintings, Drawings and Prints in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988-1989
cat. no. 44
no. 44 and pp. 19, 41
Fig. p. p. 42
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