A Faun Grasping a Bunch of Grapes

Peter Paul Rubensafter 1616–18

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Title: A Faun Grasping a Bunch of Grapes
Creator: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Date Created: after 1616–18
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.8 x 26.2 cm (14 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Provenance: unidentified collectors mark (not in Lugt, verso, upper left, stamped in gray ink). Emile Wauters, Brussels (Lugt 911, lower right, in black ink); [his sale Frederick Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 15-16 June 1926, lot 172] (photocopy of cat. in departmental file). Henry Oppenheimer, London (Lugt 1351, not stamped); [his sale, Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 305, cat. by K.T. Parker] (photocopy of cat. in departmental file). Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum, New York (according to New York 1942, cat. no. 30, photocopy in departmental file). [Mortimer Brandt Gallery]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.341
Medium: black chalk and brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
Inscriptions: VERSO, upper right, in brown ink: no 40 ; lower left, in brown ink: 6/14
Department: Drawings
Culture: Flanders, 17th century
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: DR - Flemish
Accession Number: 1943.341

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