A Group of Monks and a Woman, 1780s

Not on View

Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings

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

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.)

Nagler, no. 13

1996.9.6

John Skippe (artist) British, 1742 - 1812

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist after) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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

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

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

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.

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.