Saint Sebastian, (after Andrea Mantegna, around 1431–1506)
Maker
(Artists)
1610-1690
After
(Artists)
1431-1506
1610-1690
After
(Artists)
1431-1506
Title
Saint Sebastian, (after Andrea Mantegna, around 1431–1506)
Date of Production
1650-56
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm (panel)
Width: 16.7 cm (panel)
Width: 16.7 cm (panel)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.441
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
In 1660, the Flemish artist David Teniers published the Theatrum Pictorium, or ‘Theatre of Painting’, the first printed and illustrated catalogue of a major paintings collection. The collection belonged to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, governor of the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) from 1646 to 1656. During that time, Leopold Wilhelm acquired more than 1,300 paintings spanning two centuries. The catalogue illustrates 243 of them, most from the Italian Renaissance. In preparation, Teniers painted copies in oil paint on small wooden panels working directly from the originals. He sent these small copies to specialist engravers who reproduced them as prints for the publication.
The Courtauld owns 14 of these copies, the largest number in any public collection. They are a valuable record of paintings that have since been altered or lost. They also show Teniers’s remarkable skill and the growing interest in the art of the past.
The Courtauld owns 14 of these copies, the largest number in any public collection. They are a valuable record of paintings that have since been altered or lost. They also show Teniers’s remarkable skill and the growing interest in the art of the past.
Provenance
Marlborough sale, Christie’s, 24 July ff.1886 (87), bought by Grindlay; [gap]; bought by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) from Colnaghi in 1960; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Princely Splendour: European Baroque Galleries and the Art of Order, Winter Palace, Vienna, 18/03/2016-26/06/2016
David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting, Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/10/2006-21/01/2007
David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting, Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/10/2006-21/01/2007
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