Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Study for a woman's head

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April 28, 01:41 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a European Private Collector

Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Study for a woman's head

oil on canvas, unframed

42 x 32 cm.; 16½ x 12⅝ in.

Comtesse Cornet de Ways-Ruart, Brussels;
Sale, Brussels, 1928 (according to Galen, see Literature).

Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker, Rubens-Tentoonstelling, Ten bate Van de Vereeniging 'Rembrandt' in de zalen van den Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker N.V., exh. cat., Amsterdam 1933, cat. no. 57, reproduced (as Rubens);
H. Vlieghe, Jan Boeckhorst, 1604–1668, Maler der Rubenszeit, exh. cat., Antwerp 1990, p. 64, reproduced p. 65, fig. 33 (as Boeckhorst);
M. Galen, Johann Boeckhorst, Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Hamburg 2012, p. 254, cat. no. Z 14, reproduced p. 253, fig. Z 14 (as Boeckhorst).

This female head study is a copy after a painting by Rubens in the collection of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, Mannheim.¹ Following his death, Rubens' original was enlarged and adapted by Jan Boeckhorst (1604–1668) to represent a woman reading. The present copy appears to be after Rubens' sketch, and prior to Boeckhorst's intervention.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Corpus Rubenianum by Dr Nico van Hout: Study Heads, Part XX, 2, Turnhout 2021, under copies of Rubens' painting adapted by Boeckhorst.

¹ https://artdone.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/barock-mannheim/peter-paul-rubens-jan-boeckhorst-portrait-of-a-reader-1st-half-17th-century-reiss-engelhorn-museen-mannheim/