River God

1620/1650

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk, heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.5 x 15.7 cm (7 11/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.203

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lady Lucas Collection (according to inscription). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 46-47, no. 12 (entry by Carolina Mangone).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in pen and brown ink: Rubens; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 14 (in circle); by later hand, center to center right verso in graphite: R - VI - A xx(superscript, underlined); by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: From the Lady Lucas Collection

Wikidata ID

Q64579007

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