Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

A Faun Grasping a Bunch of Grapes

after 1616–18

studio of Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)

Flanders, 17th century

Black chalk and brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and black ink

Support: Beige(2) laid paper, discolored to beige-brown

Sheet: 37.8 x 26.2 cm (14 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.341

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, upper right, in brown ink: no 40 ; lower left, in brown ink: 6/14

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]

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 584 archive.org

Exhibition history

Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-June 6, 1945).

Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).

Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).

Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

Bicentenary Exhibition. Christie's, London, London (organizer) (January 2-27, 1967).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).