The Liechtensteins. A collection as a school of looking
The Liechtenstein catalogue gives The Death of Decius Mus the inventory number GE 51 and dates it to 1616/17.
The Liechtenstein catalogue gives The Death of Decius Mus the inventory number GE 51 and dates it to 1616/17. Its attribution separates Peter Paul Rubens’s design from Jacques Jordaens’s workshop. It also records acquisition by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I in 1693.
These fields open three histories: composition, execution and entry into the collection. Acquisition is not creation, and the designer’s name does not settle every question about the maker.
Start by describing the scene, then read the catalogue and reconsider your first assumptions. The collection becomes an exercise in attention, rather than merely a gallery of famous names.
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