DrawingsFlemish17th century

A Study for Christ for "The Elevation of the Cross"

1610-11

Artists

Peter Paul RubensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk and charcoal on light gray antique laid paper discolored to tan

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40.3 x 29.8 cm (15 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 52.1 cm (25 x 20 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam, sold; [De Leth and Van Schorrenbergh, Amsterdam, 10-11 March 1755, possibly Book C, lots 21-27]. Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, sold; [Amsterdam, Van der Schley et al., 6 December 1784, kb E, lot 401.] Dirk Versteegh, Amsterdam, sold; [De Vries et al., Amsterdam, 3 November 1823, lot 35 or lot 37]; to Samuel Woodburn (if lot 35) or De Ruiter (if lot 37). Joseph Daniel Böhm, Vienna (Lugt 1442), sold; [Alexander Posonyi, Vienna, 4 December 1865, lot 1416], sold; to [Posonyi (bought in)]. Werner Weisbach, Berlin. [Goudstikker, Amsterdam], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1922, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Related Artworks

Drawings

Head of a Monk (?)

Anthony van Dyck, 17th century

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, faded to green-brown, mounted down

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Head of a Girl

Jacques Jordaens, 17th century

Charcoal and touches of white chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Procession of Guild Members (studies for "The Shooting of the Popinjay")

Anthony Sallaert, c. 1570-1624

Brown oil counterproof on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Landscape Near the Castle of Steen on the Maes

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Landscape with Coaches and Figures

Sebastian Vrancx, 16th-17th century

Transparent watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper

16th-17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Triton Blowing a Horn

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jacques Jordaens, c. 1655-60

Brown ink, brown wash, transparent and opaque watercolor, red and black chalk over black chalk underdrawing on seven pieces of light tan antique laid paper, pieced together and laid down overall

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Battle Scene with Horse and Rider in Foreground

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Opaque watercolor on parchment, scored around perimeter; verso: green transparent watercolor

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Landscape with a Cluster of Dwellings and Monasteries on a Hill

Joos de Momper, 17th century

Brown ink and gray and blue watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Allegory of the Battle of White Mountain

Aegidius Sadeler II, 17th century

Black ink, gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on two pieces of antique laid paper, joined vertically and prepared with ochre wash, framing line in black ink

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Head of a Young Girl

Peter Paul Rubens, 16th-17th century

Black, red, and white chalk and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down

16th-17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

The Schelde River at Antwerp

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 16th-17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, transparent watercolor, and touches of blue chalk on cream antique laid paper

16th-17th centuryFlemish