Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
School of Peter Paul Rubens
The Adoration of the Shepherds
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January 26, 08:15 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
School of Peter Paul Rubens
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Black chalk and pen and brown ink;
bears old attribution and date in brown ink, lower left: Rubens 1609
270 by 244 mm; 10⅝ by 9⅝ in.
An unidentified armorial collector's mark, lower left;
Carel Emil Duits, London (L.533a);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1990, lot 142;
with John Cassayd-Smith, Inc., Minneapolis, by 1992 (as Theodoor van Thulden, reworked by Sir Peter Paul Rubens),
where acquired by the present owner
Carel Emil Duits, London (L.533a);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1990, lot 142;
with John Cassayd-Smith, Inc., Minneapolis, by 1992 (as Theodoor van Thulden, reworked by Sir Peter Paul Rubens),
where acquired by the present owner
This is a copy after an oil sketch by Rubens of the same subject in St. Paul im Lavanttal, Austria.1
1 see J. Held, The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens, Princeton 1980, cat. no. 324, pl. 321