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 viewLocations
- 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.
17th Century
c. 1435
1475/1480
1640
c. 1642
1648/1649
c. 1530
c. 1615