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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.203
Description
An ape with two young seated beneath a tree, one of twelve illustrations of Fables, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder; with domestic buildings behind Pen and brown ink, on vellum
Producer name
Drawn by:
Johannes Wierix
After:
Marcus Gheeraerts I
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1564-1615
Materials
vellum
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
69 millimetres
Width:
49 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Copy on a reduced scale from the etching by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder in 'De Warachtighe fabulen der dieren' by Eduwaert de Dene, published at Bruges in 1567 (an edition in the BM, shelf-mark 157.b.18). Literature: Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, '"Stuckxen met de penne": Drawings by the engraver Johannes Wierix', "Master Drawings", vol.42, 2004, p.250, repr. fig.17.
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.208(2))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
Associated names
Illustration to:
Eduwaert de Dene
Associated titles
Associated Title:
De Warachtighe Fabulen der Dieren
(Bruges, 1647)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 14.vi.1860/1570 as 'Wierix - A lady and a gentleman in a landscape - a large and elaborate drawing with the pen; and a series of fables - pen', 14 in the lot, bt by 'Boone' £2-12-6)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Henry George Bohn
(?)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.203