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Death of Procris
attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640; born Siegen, Germany; died Antwerp, Belgium
x1951-98
Information
Title
Death of Procris
Maker
attributed to Peter Paul Rubens
Medium
Recto: Pen and brown ink
Verso: Ink
Dimensions
25.5 x 43.7 cm (10 1/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1951-98
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped in ink, lower right corner: R [Lugt 2170]; Sr | IR [in square] [Lugt 2364]
Watermark: escutcheon with powder horn
Culture
Type
Materials
Jonathan Richardson Jr. (1694-1771; Lugt 2170). Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792; Lugt 2364). Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (1868–1953); gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 1945.
- Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "Drawings by old masters at Bowdoin College: pt. 2: Northern schools", Art in America 2 (Feb., 1914): p. 108-165., pl. 8
- Julius Samuel Held, "A Rubens problem: I: the reappearance of a "Rubens" in the Walker Art Center at Minneapolis; II: the autorship of The Holy Family in the Walker Art Center", Gazette des beaux-arts 23 (n.s. 6) (1943): p. 116-122., p. 119-122, fig. 4
- Jan-Albert Goris and Julius S. Held, Rubens in America, (New York: Pantheon, 1947)., p. 53; no. A79
- L. Burchard and Ir. R.-A. dʾHulst, Tekeningen van P.P. Rubens: Tentoonstelling ingericht met de medewerking van het Ministerie van Openbaar Onderwijs: Stad Antwerpen, Rubenshuis, 16 juni - 2 september 1956: catalogus, (Antwerpen, Uitgeverij Ontwikkeling, 1956)., p. 57-58, no. 51
- L. Burchard and R. A. d’Hulst, Rubens drawings, (Brussels: Arcade Press, 1963)., no. 84
- Peter Paul Rubens before 1620: October 2-October 31, 1971, The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1972)., p. 158, cat. no. 7; p. 159 (illus.)
- Shlomit Steinberg, "Focus: The Death of Adonis" in Rubens, Venus, and Adonis: anatomy of a tragedy, (Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2012).
