A Group of Monks and a Woman

1780s

John Skippe after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
John Skippe

Artist, British, 1742 - 1812

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows the upper bodies and heads of six individuals standing closely together. They have distinct facial features, expressions, long beards, and various hairstyles. The individuals wear flowing robes, with one person wearing a hood. The robes are textured and drape down to their feet. There are no visible accessories. The background is a neutral color with a signature in the upper right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 4 blocks in green, olive, gray-brown, and brown on laid paper; laid down on album page

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.4 x 23.1 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
    support: 48.6 x 34.5 cm (19 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.9.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collector's mark encircled R.E (lugt undescribed); Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons; (James Bergquist, New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • Chiaroscuro: Beyond Black and White. Indiana University Art Museum, 1989: no. 56.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 122.

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 13.

1989

  • Gealt, Adelheid M. et al. Chiaroscuro: Beyond Black and White. Indiana University Art Museum, 1989: 142, no. 56.

Inscriptions

upper right plate: P:P: Rubens inv. / Joan: Skippe scul

Wikidata ID

Q75395006

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