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Sir Peter Paul Rubens

The Capitoline Eagle, c. 1601/1602

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Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 21.7 x 27.5 cm (8 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emile E. Wolf

Accession Number

1976.68.1

Artists / Makers

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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Inscription

Inscribed by a later hand upper left in ink: 302

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Emile E. Wolf [1899-1996]; gift to NGA, 1976.

Associated Names

Wolf, Emile E.

Exhibition History

1978: Rubens and Humanism, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1978, no. 33, repro.

1998: A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998, no. 73.

Bibliography

1977: Jaffé, Michael. Rubens and Italy. Oxford, 1977: p.81, no. 33, pl.267.

1978: Farmer, J.D. Rubens & Humanism. Birmingham, 1978: p. 49, no. 33.

1998: Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. A Collector's Cabinet. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 73.

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