Venus Lamenting Adonis

c. 1608-1612

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.6 x 19.8 cm (12 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1968.20.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

T. J. Bell (sale, London, Sotheby's, 26 November 1929, as Van Dyck); Ludwig Burchard, London

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • Rubens-Tentoonstelling, Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1933, no. 103.

1950

  • A Loan Exhibition of Works by Peter Paul Rubens, Wildenstein and Co., London, 1950, no. 44.

1956

  • Tekeningen van P. P. Rubens, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, 1956, no. 46.

1969

  • In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 62.

1994

  • Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens: Selected Works from American Collections, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994, no. 41.

2005

  • Rubens: A Master in the Making, The National Gallery, London, 2005 - 2006, no. 15.

2017

  • Rubens: The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna; Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt, 2017, no. 84,

Bibliography

1959

  • Held, Julius S. Rubens, Selected Drawings. 2 vols. New York, 1959: 1: no. 2921f.

1977

  • Rowlands, John. Rubens: Drawings and Sketches. Exh. cat. British Museum. London, 1977: no. 60.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 671, no. 1067, color repro.

1986

  • Held, Julius S. Rubens: Selected Drawings. Mt. Kisco, 1986: no. 58, fig. 57 (reproduced in reverse).

1987

  • Logan, Anne-Marie. Review of Julius S. Held. Rubens: Selected Drawings in Master Drawings XXV (1987): 71.

1995

  • Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: 100, fig. B.

1999

  • Spivey, Nigel. "Pathos by Formula, The story of Raphael's Entombment," Apollo 150, no. 449 (July 1999): 51, fig. 6.

Inscriptions

upper center in pen and brown ink: Spiritum / morientis / excipit ore

Wikidata ID

Q64632548

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