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Using chalk and a loose sheet of paper, Peter Paul Rubens depicted three figures from a sarcophagus likely seen in Roman collector Ciriaco Mattei’s garden. Rubens visited the Eternal City twice during his stay in Italy (1600–08).
Chalk was more portable than ink and therefore an easier medium in which to directly record the remnants of Classical antiquity. Rubens used it to convey the contours of specific sculptural elements as well as the shadows created by their volumes. In comparing this drawing to its source, one can appreciate how selectively Rubens extracted the figures from their architectural surround.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 42 × 28 Cm |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Michael Jaffé, Rubens and Italy p. 83, no. 71, fig. 302.
Michael Jaffé, Rubens and Italy p. 83, no. 71, fig. 302.
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Müller-Hofstede, Rubens in Italien, p. 266, no. 62
Müller-Hofstede, Rubens in Italien, p. 266, no. 62 (ill.).
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 94-95, 99 (ill.), 312, cat. 31, 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. 94-95, 99 (ill.), 312, cat. 31, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
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Logan, Anne-Marie in collaboration with Michiel C. Plomp, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006), pp. 106–07, no. 19,
Logan, Anne-Marie in collaboration with Michiel C. Plomp, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006), pp. 106–07, no. 19, (ill.).
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, Jan. 14–Apr. 3, 2005, cat.19, pp. 106–07 (ill.).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, Jan. 14–Apr. 3, 2005, cat.19, pp. 106–07 (ill.).
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Julius S. Held, Rubens: Selected Drawings
Julius S. Held, Rubens: Selected Drawings (Garden City, N.Y., 1959), vol. 1, pp. 156–157, no. 160, fig. 38; vol. 2, pl. 169.
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Victor H. Miesel, Rubens and Ancient Art
Victor H. Miesel, Rubens and Ancient Art (Ph.D. Dissertation: University of Michigan, 1959), p. 11, n. 20, p. 60, n. 116.
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Jan
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Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Drawings and Oil Sketches by P. P. Rubens, from American Collections, Jan. 14–Feb. 29, 1956, p. 13, no. 5, pl. II; also New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Mar. 20–Apr. 28, 1956.
Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Drawings and Oil Sketches by P. P. Rubens, from American Collections, Jan. 14–Feb. 29, 1956, p. 13, no. 5, pl. II; also New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Mar. 20–Apr. 28, 1956.
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Jan-Albert Goris and Julius S. Held, Rubens in America
Jan-Albert Goris and Julius S. Held, Rubens in America (New York, 1947), p. 43, no. 109, pl. 100.
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower center, in black].
given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower center, in black].
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sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 20–23, 1915, lot 34, to William F....
sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 20–23, 1915, lot 34, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower left, in black and inscription verso, lower left, in graphite]
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Dr....
Dr. Christian David Ginsburg (1831–1914), Palmer’s Green, England [stamp (Lugt 1145), verso, lower left, in black]
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Van der Meulen, Marjon, Rubens: Copies After the Antique, ed. Arnout Balis, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XXIII, 3 vols.
Van der Meulen, Marjon, Rubens: Copies After the Antique, ed. Arnout Balis, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XXIII, 3 vols. (London: Harvey Miller, 1994), no. 138, vol. II, pp. 157–159; vol. III (fig. 269).
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Julius S. Held, Rubens: Selected Drawings
Julius S. Held, Rubens: Selected Drawings (Oxford, 1986), pp. 40, 73–74, no. 21; p. 171, pl. 21.
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Elizabeth McGrath, “‘The Drunken Alcibiades’: Rubens’s Picture of Plato’s Symposium,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 46
Elizabeth McGrath, “‘The Drunken Alcibiades’: Rubens’s Picture of Plato’s Symposium,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 46 (1983), p. 232, nn. 23, 24, pl. 43a.
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Birmingham, Ala., Birmingham Museum of Art, Rubens and Humanism, Apr. 15–May 28, 1978, p. 50, no. 36 (ill.).
Birmingham, Ala., Birmingham Museum of Art, Rubens and Humanism, Apr. 15–May 28, 1978, p. 50, no. 36 (ill.).
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30
Jan
exhibition
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640: Rubens in Italien: Gemälde, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, Oct. 15–Dec. 15, 1977, p. 266, no. 62 (ill.).
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640: Rubens in Italien: Gemälde, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, Oct. 15–Dec. 15, 1977, p. 266, no. 62 (ill.).
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New York, Wildenstein, Gods and Heroes: Baroque Images of Antiquity, Oct. 30, 1968–Jan. 4, 1969, no. 41, pl. 10.
New York, Wildenstein, Gods and Heroes: Baroque Images of Antiquity, Oct. 30, 1968–Jan. 4, 1969, no. 41, pl. 10.
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Wolfgang Stechow, Rubens and the Classical Tradition
Wolfgang Stechow, Rubens and the Classical Tradition (Cambridge, Mass., 1968), pp. 31–34, fig. 19.
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Victor H. Miesel, “Rubens’ Study Drawings after Ancient Sculpture,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Victor H. Miesel, “Rubens’ Study Drawings after Ancient Sculpture,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts (May–June 1963), pp. 320–321, fig. 14.
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