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In addition to his study of Classical antiquity, Peter Paul Rubens also developed his sense of ideal anatomical form through proto-scientific treatises, some of which represented the muscles of the body with the skin flayed. Rubens adopted this manner, known as écorché, for his compelling representation of two interlocking forearms and a face. A virtuoso performance of the use of pen and ink (perhaps the most unforgiving media since it cannot be easily blended or erased), the drawing belongs to a group of about a dozen similar sheets that Rubens intended to publish as an anatomical treatise. The project was never realized, but one of the members of his workshop distributed a series of engravings years after the artist’s death that included these images together with other highlights of the artist’s repertoire.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 18 × 27 Cm |
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Sir Roger Newdigate (sometimes spelled Newdegate), 5th Baronet (1719–1806), from 1738/40
Sir Roger Newdigate (sometimes spelled Newdegate), 5th Baronet (1719–1806), from 1738/40
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Elmer Seibel, Boston
Elmer Seibel, Boston
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Newdegate Settlement, London
Newdegate Settlement, London
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Katrin Bellinger, Munich
Katrin Bellinger, Munich
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Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London
Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London
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W. M. Brady & Co., New York
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The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 56, 57 (ill.), 313, 335, (ill.), cat. 11, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 56, 57 (ill.), 313, 335, (ill.), cat. 11, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
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Sold by Stephen Ongpin, London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.
Sold by Stephen Ongpin, London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.
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Domenico Laurenza, “Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy: Images from a Scientific Revolution,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin LXIX:3
Domenico Laurenza, “Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy: Images from a Scientific Revolution,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin LXIX:3 (2012), pp. 40, 43, fig. 60.
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Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection, Jan. 22–May 17, 2009, pp. 12 (color ill.), 13, 90–92, 149, cat. 1.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection, Jan. 22–May 17, 2009, pp. 12 (color ill.), 13, 90–92, 149, cat. 1.
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Clifford S. Ackley, “Master Drawings from the Collection of Horace Wood Brock,” The Magazine Antiques 175:2
Clifford S. Ackley, “Master Drawings from the Collection of Horace Wood Brock,” The Magazine Antiques 175:2 (February 2009), pp. 52–53, 56, fig. 1.
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Anne-Marie Logan, “Rubens’s Drawings after Julius Held,” Oud Holland 120, no. ¾
Anne-Marie Logan, “Rubens’s Drawings after Julius Held,” Oud Holland 120, no. ¾ (2007), p. 165.
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Anne-Marie Logan, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, exh. Cat.
Anne-Marie Logan, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, exh. Cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004), p. 98, fig. 53 (verso).
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Horace Wood Brock, Gloucester, Massachusetts and New York, 2001 until 2016
Horace Wood Brock, Gloucester, Massachusetts and New York, 2001 until 2016
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New York, W. M. Brady & Co. and Thomas Williams Fine Art at W. M. Brady & Co., Old Master Drawings, May 9 – 25, 2001, cat. no. 16, (color ill.).
New York, W. M. Brady & Co. and Thomas Williams Fine Art at W. M. Brady & Co., Old Master Drawings, May 9 – 25, 2001, cat. no. 16, (color ill.).
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sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan....
sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 23, 2001, lot 156
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New York, Katrin Bellinger, Kunstandel, and W. M. Brady & Co. at W. M. Brady & Co., Old Master Drawings, May 8 – 31, 1997, cat. no. 13 ( color ill.).
New York, Katrin Bellinger, Kunstandel, and W. M. Brady & Co. at W. M. Brady & Co., Old Master Drawings, May 8 – 31, 1997, cat. no. 13 ( color ill.).
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Christopher Rupp, New York, 1997
Christopher Rupp, New York, 1997
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Antwerp, Rubens Cantoor: een verzamling tekeningen ontstaan in Rubens’ atelier, 15 May–27 June, 1993, pp. 57 (color ill.), 97, cat. 7.
Antwerp, Rubens Cantoor: een verzamling tekeningen ontstaan in Rubens’ atelier, 15 May–27 June, 1993, pp. 57 (color ill.), 97, cat. 7.
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Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1992
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1992
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Michael Jaffé, “Rubens’s Anatomy Book,” in Old Master Drawings, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, 6–7 July 1987, pp. 78–79, lot 65.
Michael Jaffé, “Rubens’s Anatomy Book,” in Old Master Drawings, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, 6–7 July 1987, pp. 78–79, lot 65.
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sold, Christie’s, London, July 6, 1987, lot 65
sold, Christie’s, London, July 6, 1987, lot 65
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