DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER, AFTER GUIDO RENI | SUSANNAH AND THE ELDERS

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758), Blenheim Palace, by 1740;

Thence by descent to George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844–1892);

His sale, London, Christie's, 24 July 1886, lot 185, for 6 Guineas to Murray;

Count Antoine Seilern (1901–78), Vienna and London;

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1995, lot 255, when acquired.

Rotterdam, Kunsthal, At Home in the Golden Age, 9 February – 18 May 2008, no. 114.

The SØR Rusche Collection has been exhibited extensively over the last two decades. Please click here for further information.

O. Kurz, 'Guido Reni', in Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, no. 11, 1937, p. 217;

A. Seilern, Catalouge of Paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961, cat. no. 311, reproduced pl. XXIII;

S. Pepper, Guido Reni, a complete catalouge of his works, Oxford 1984, p. 241, under cat. no. 72, note 1;

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 4, Historien und Allegorien, Münster/Hamburg/London 2010, p. 388–392, reproduced in colour p. 389;

W. Pijbes, M. Aarts, M. J. Bok et al., At Home in the Golden Age, exh. cat., Zwolle 2008, p. 114, reproduced fig. 118.

ENGRAVED

T. van Kessel, Theatrum Pictorium, no. 227. [1]

A copy by Teniers after a painting by Reni originally in the Imperial Collection, Vienna, which has been lost since the late 18th century.

This little copper was produced as part of Teniers' Theatrum Pictorum, the first catalogue of a picture collection ever to be illustrated and printed, which Teniers produced with a view to acquaint the educated public with works of art from the princely collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1646–56. With one exception, Teniers painted small copies of the 243 original paintings selected for the catalogue, which served as modelli for the engravings of the same dimensions.

Please note that this painting has been requested by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, for an exhibition taking place in 2020.

1 See T. van Kessel et al., David Teniers [...] Theatrum Pictorium [...], Antwerp 1683, p. 582, reproduced p. 48