Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

All four single copper panels are flat and stable. The paint surfaces are in good condition. There are some brow stains over the varnish in the upper right of the Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob. Inspection under UV light reveals some minor scattered retouchings in each. Offered in matching gilt wood and plaster frames in good condition.
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Two of the compositions, the Judgement of Solomon and the Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, are closely derived from works by Rubens, the former from the work formerly in Brussels Town Hall (destroyed) and the latter from that in the Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim (see R.-A. d'Hulst and M Vandenven, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard. Rubens. Part III. The Old Testament, London and New York 1989, pp. 146-50, cat. no. 46 (the former) and pp. 67-69, cat. no. 16, reproduced fig. 42 (the latter)). Another version of Abraham and Melchizedek was with A.S. Drey, Munich, in 1934 (as School of Rubens).