PETER PAUL RUBENS'S(1577-1640) DRAWING

PETER PAUL RUBENS'S DRAWING(1577-1640)

PETER PAUL RUBENS

Bust of Pseudo-Seneca ，

Pen and brown ink over black chalk heightened with white, with brush and gray ink

10 7/16 x 6 15/16 in. (26.5 x 17.7 cm)

Scipio Africanus Welcomed outside the Gates of Rome,

after Giulio Romano

Black chalk and pen and brown ink and wash,

heightened with white, cream and greyish gouache, on two joined

sheets of light brown paper

The Assumption of the Virgin, After Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Black and red chalk and watercolor,

with touches of pen and brown ink, on three

sheets of paper, laid down and varnished; arched top

Anatomical studies of three male figures

Pen and brown ink and wash and black chalk

A double-sided page of studies: Recto:

A satyress reaching for a herm of Pan, after the antique;

Verso: A decapitated fallen soldier

Pen and brown ink;

inscribed, recto, top centre: Satira, and verso:

Danielis Volterranus Optima Figura & x modello

183 by 134 mm

study of a young woman (hélène fourment?),

for the garden of love

Black and red chalk, heightened with white,

on buff paper. The top corners cut

The Garden of Love (left portion) ， 1633-35

Pen, brown ink, brush and gray-green wash over traces of black chalk,

touched with indigo, green, yellowish, and white paint

18 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. (46.3 x 70.5 cm)

A Sermon in a Village Church ， 1630

Black chalk, oil- and water-based paints

16 5/8 x 22 9/16 in. (42.2 x 57.3 cm)

Studies of six male heads, after Raphael

Pen and brown ink, one of the heads traced in black chalk, verso

Red and black chalk with red and gray wash

within partial pen and brown ink framing lines

208 by 292 mm

Portrait of a young woman looking down, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Black and red chalk with stumping and touches of white heightening

Portrait of Erycius Puteanus,

Black and red chalk heightened with white

St. Michael Slaying the Dragon,

after Rubens' Woman of the Apocalypse

Red, black and white chalk on light brown paper

520 by 376 mm; 20 1/2 by 14 3/4 in

Nude Study of a Young Man with Raised Arms

Black chalk, heightened with white;

the two right corners cut;bears inscription in

brown ink, on made up lower right corner: Rubens

491 by 315 mm; 19 3/8 by 12 3/8 in

Head of a young woman in profile

Black, red and white chalk , 228 by 191 mm

Standing female figure with a shield

Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with

white and gray bodycolor, on paperwashed pink; oval

221 by 166 mm; 8¾ by 6½ in

Study of the head of Maria de' Medici

Pen and brown ink

A Putto

Black, red and white chalk

Les fils de l'artiste

Sanguine, plume et encre noire, lavis de gris et brun

The Death of St. Anthony Abbot

Pen and brown ink and wash and black and red chalk,

within brown ink framing lines;

the sheet apparently lightly blackened on the verso for transfer;

bears inscription in black chalk, verso: Diepenbeek

Recto: sheet of studies of putti;

Verso: a study of a woman escaping a sea monster and a pair of lovers

Red chalk and wash within brown ink framing lines (recto);

pen and brown ink and grey wash over red chalk (verso);

bears lettering in pencil, verso: Ch ; Coll

romulus and remus

Black chalk and pen and black and brown ink,

with traces of white chalk

L'Élévation de la croix
pierre noire, sanguine, aquarelle et gouache,

une bande de papier ajoutée le long du bord droit (4,7 cm)
41,9 x 35,5 cm (161⁄2 x 14 in.)

Samson and Delilah
with initials 'V.D.'
pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines
6 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (16.3 x 16.1 cm.)
with summary sketches in pen and brown ink on the verso

An écorché study of the legs of a male nude, with a study of the right leg (recto);

Sketch of the muscle of a leg (verso)
with inscription ‘P. Rubbens’ (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, countermark CP with a trefoil
10 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (26 x 18.5 cm)

Saint Catherine
etching with engraving, circa 1620-30, on laid paper,

Plate 296 x 198 mm., Sheet 300 x 202 mm.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp) extensively

reworking a drawing attributed to Hans Witdoeck (Antwerp 1615-after 1642)
Saint Ildefonso receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin
black and white chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash,

heightened with white on light brown paper, brown ink framing lines
20¾ x 14¼ in. (52.5 x 35.8 cm.)

A male nude, possibly Prometheus
with inscription 'S.P.W.' (once on the recto and once on the verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, the top corners cut
27.8 x 16.3 cm.

Young Woman with Folded Hands, c. 1629–30,

red and black chalk, heightened with white

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault S.J. in Chinese costume
black chalk, touches of red chalk (in the face), blue chalk (in the collar facings), the bands of the sleeves and along the bottom of the robe, heightened with black chalk moistened in ink and with white chalk and pen and brown ink.
17.5/8 x 10 in. (448 x 260 mm.)