Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth, c. 1613

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper; indented with a stylus and chalked for transfer on the verso

Dimensions

overall: 9.7 x 14.6 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1982.104.1

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Provenance

Paul Wallraf [c. 1897-1981]; (sold by his estate, Christie's, Amsterdam, 22 November 1982, no. 140); acquired by National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Baskett & Day
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Wallraf, Paul

Exhibition History

1995: Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 8.

Bibliography

1978: Judson/Van de Velde 1978, 13a (as "whereabouts unknown ... ").

1982: Christie's, Amsterdam: 11/22/82, 36.