About the Artwork
River God
between 1577 and 1640
Peter Paul Rubens
1577-1640
Flemish
Unknown
Black chalk, heightened with white on light brown paper
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (19.1 × 23.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR228
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Provenance
William Bates (London, England) [red collector's mark [L. 2604] on recto at lower right]. 1887, sale (Sotheby's, London, England) [no. 337 as Rubens]
March 1889, sale, (Sotheby's, London, England)
1889, James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Logan, A.M. Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors. New York, 1988, p. 138, no. A19 (ill.).
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circle of Peter Paul Rubens, River God, between 1577 and 1640, black chalk, heightened with white on light brown paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR228.
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