After Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Romulus and Remus fed by the wolf,

The canvas is unlined. There is slight frame rubbing on the verso along the left and lower margin and some very slight wear in the wolf's ear and eye, and in the upper left hand corner in the reds and browns. The paint surface is secure and there are no apparent damages. This lot is offered in a carved gilt frame, as illustrated in the catalogue, with some very minor surface scratches, but otherwise in good condition. For all sales which take place on or after 1 February 2015, please note that the rate of buyer's premium for each lot (charged as a percentage of the hammer price achieved for that lot) has been revised and shall be calculated at the thresholds set out below: Buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including £100,000; Buyer's premium is 20% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £100, 000 up to and including £1,800,000; Buyer's premium is 12% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £1,800,000. As stated above, the revised thresholds are effective as of 1 February 2015.
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A later copy of the central part of the painting now in the Pinacoteca Capitolina in Rome.¹

1. See M. Jaffé, Rubens: Catalogo Completo, Milan 1990, p. 214, cat. no. 347, reproduced.