Two Studies of Legs in a Kneeling Position
Drawing
c.1617-1618 (drawn)
c.1617-1618 (drawn)
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At upper right, on a separate attached piece of paper, are two studies of a left leg, one seen from behind and the other in profile.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing 'Two Studies of Legs in a Kneeling Position', by Peter Paul Rubens, black chalk, c.1617-1618S |
| Physical description | At upper right, on a separate attached piece of paper, are two studies of a left leg, one seen from behind and the other in profile. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in brown ink: at upper centre, P. P. Rubbens; and at bottom left, in another hand, Rubbens fecit uit’t grote autaar / Stuk van de Paters Jesuite te Antwerpen van St. Ignatius; and on verso: at upper right, in graphite, 2D 67; at lower right, in graphite, Rubens; at lower left, in black ink, 177; and at lower centre of backing sheet, in black ink (with the museum’s Dalton inv. nos.), D.904, 905–’00. |
| Credit line | Dalton Bequest |
| Object history | Sir Benjamin West (1738–1820), London (L. 419); Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), London (L. 2445); Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900. |
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| Associated object | D.904-1900 (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 523, illus. p. 446 |
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| Accession number | D.905-1900 |
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| Record created | August 26, 2004 |
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