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St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Infant Christ by Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Infant Christ

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, indented for transfer
30.3 x 20.4 cm (11.93 x 8.03 in)
Works on Paper
Unique artwork
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (26 Jan 2024)
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Jan 26, 2024
Sotheby'sNew YorkOld Master and British Works on Paper703
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St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Infant Christ
Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

30.3 x 20.4 cm (11.93 x 8.03 in)

Materials

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, indented for transfer

Signature

Bears numbering in brown ink, lower right: 59

Provenance

Possibly Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris (the pen numbering lower right is very similar to his: L.3621)

Bernardus de Bosch, Amsterdam, sale, 10 March 1817;

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London;

Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (L.640), his sale, London, Christie"s, 9-14 June 1881, lot 2447;

Jacques Mathey, Paris

Exhibited

London, The Woodburn Gallery, The Lawrence Gallery. First Exhibition. A catalogue of one hundred original drawings by Sir P.P. Rubens Collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence , 1835, p. 21, no. 87

Literature

M. Rooses, L"Oeuvre de P.P. Rubens, Antwerp 1888, vol. 2, p. 253 (as Rubens);

J. Müller Hofstede, "Beiträge zum zeichnerischen Werk von Rubens", Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch , XXVII, 1965, pp. 335-38, reproduced, fig. 237 (as Rubens);

H. Vlieghe, Corpus Rubenianum, Ludwig Burchard: Saints, VIII, London 1972-1973, vol. I, pp. 148-49, no. 95a, reproduced, fig. 168 (as Rubens)

Description

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640

St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Infant Christ

Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, indented for transfer;

Bears numbering in brown ink, lower right: 59

303 by 204 mm