The Capitoline Eagle

c. 1601/1602

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Emile E. Wolf

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1976.68.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

2023

  • Il tocco di Pigmalione: Rubens e la scultura a Roma, Museo Galleria di Villa Borghese, Rome, 2023 - 2024.

  • The touch of Pygmalion. Rubens and sculpture in Rome, Museo Galleria di Villa Borghese, Rome, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

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.

Inscriptions

Inscribed by a later hand upper left in ink: 302

Markings

none

Watermarks

Rampant lion

Wikidata ID

Q64632550

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