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Philippe Rubens, the Artist's Brother.

Date1610/1611
Object PlaceFlanders, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on oak panel
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions21 1/16 × 26 15/16 inches (53.5 × 68.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Scripps in memory of his son, James E. Scripps II
Object number26.385
DescriptionPortrait bust of a man, eyes to viewer, body angled to the right. He wears a dark jacket with a heavy white ruff. He has thinning brown hair, and a brown moustache and beard. He also has brown eyes. The background is brown-gold.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 4
Provenance(?) Antwerp, Church of St. Michael's Abbey; Cleydael, Collection Peeters d'Aerselaer, 27 August, 1817, lot 11; Antwerp, auction H. J. Stier d'Aertselaer, 19 July, 1822, lot 11; Brussels, Collection M. J. L. Nieuwenhuys; Collection Grand Duke Henry of Mecklenburg; Paris, auction Mecklenburg, 11 December, 1854, lot 16; Berlin, Collection Carl von Hollitsher; Vienna, Collection Camillo Castiglioni; Amsterdam, auction Castiglioni (F. Muller) 17-20 November, 1925, lot 74, repr.