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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 6, 2023 | Christie's | London | Old Masters Part I | 17 | $****** - ****** | Ecce Homo - a sketch |
paintings
47.6 x 34.9 cm (18.75 x 13.75 in)
oil on panel
reverse marked with the brand of the Antwerp
(Possibly) with Herman de Neyt (1588-1642), Antwerp, listed in his inventory 15-21 October 1642, as ‘Eenen Ecce Homo van Rubbens'.
Jacques de Roore (1686-1747), The Hague; his sale (†), Verheyden, The Hague, 4 September 1747 (=1st day), lot 65 (151 florins).
(Possibly) Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia, Königliches Schloss, Berlin (a seal on the reserve, much effaced, has been deciphered to read "Château de Berlin"; see Judson, op. cit. ).
Comte de M.E.; Bauwens, Une des Salles de la Maison Commune, Bruges, 5 November 1802, lot 13, as ‘L"Esquisse du grand Ecce Homo, connu par l"Estampe. Cette belle Esquisse est d"autant plus précieuse que les deux figures, qu"on voit ici à côté de Pilate, ne se trouvent ni dans l"Estampe, ni dans le grand Tableau. P. [on panel] h. 20 p. l. 13 p.' (8 livres to Burtyn).
Monsieur E.R.A.B.E.D.; Fricx, Bruges, 27 May 1803, lot 84, as ‘L"Esquisse du grand Ecce Homo, peint par P.P. Rubbens, connu par l"Estampe. Cette belle Esquisse est d"autant plus précieuse que les deux Figures, qu"on voit ici à côté de Pilate, ne se trouvent ni dans l"Estampe, ni dans le grand Tableau'.
Monsieur van Parys; his sale (†), Le Roy, Brussels, 6 October 1853, lot 26.
Carl Robert, Freiherr von Welczeck (1802-1856); his sale (†), Müller, Berlin, 10 March 1856, lot 52.
M. Joly, Clermont-Ferrand.
with Leegenhoek, Paris,1959.
with Arthur Goldschmidt, Paris.
with Hans Schaeffer, New York, 1962.
Dr. H. Becker, Dortmund.
with Galerie G. Cramer, The Hague, 1979, where acquired.
Cologne, Kunsthalle, Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, 18 May-4 August 1968, no. F.30.
Delft, Prinsenhof, Oude Kunst en Antiekbeurs , 1978.
M. Rooses , L"œuvre de P.P. Rubens; histoire et description de ses tableaux et dessins, II, Antwerp, 1888, pp. 62-3.
‘L'Oeuvre de Rubens: Addenda et Corrigenda', Bulletin-Rubens: Annales de la commission officielle instituée par le conseil communal de la Ville d"Anvers pour la publication des documents relatifs à la vie et aux oeuvres de Rubens , V, Antwerp, 1897, p. 293, no. 272.
M. Röthlisberger, ‘An ‘Ecce Homo; by Rubens', The Burlington Magazine, CIV, no. 717, December 1962, p. 543, figs. 1 and 38.
L. Burchard and R.-A. d"Hulst, Tekeningen van P.P. Rubens, I, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, 1963, p. 303, under no. 191.
M. Jaffé, "Rubens as a Draughtman: Review", The Burlington Magazine, CVII, no. 748, July 1965, p. 381, note 191.
R. Fritz, Sammlung Becker: Gemälde Alte Meister, Dortmund, 1967, I, no. 78, illustrated.
E. Duverger, ‘Nieuwe gegevens betreffende de kunsthandel van Matthijs Musson en Maria Fourmenois te Antwerpen tussen 1633 en 1681', Gentse Bijdragen tot de Kunstgeschiedenis en Oudheidkunde , XXI, 1968, pp. 244-5.
‘Notable Works of Art Now on the Market: Supplement', The Burlington Magazine, CXV, no. 849, December 1973, p. 842, no. XXVII, pl. XXVII.
M. Varshavskaya, Rubens' Paintings in the Hermitage Museum , St. Petersburg, 1975, pp. 241-42, under no. 1.
E. Schrijver, ‘The Thirtieth Antique Dealers" Fair at Delft', The Burlington Magazine , CXX, no. 907, October 1978, p. 709.
J.S. Held, The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, Princeton, 1980, I, pp. 470-71, no. 343; II, pl. 337.
D. Bodart, Rubens, Milan, 1985, p. 168, no. 337.
M. Jaffé, Rubens: Catalogo completo , Milan, 1989, p. 333, no. 1088, illustrated.
J. R. Judson, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: The Passion of Christ , VI, Turnhout, 2000, pp. 69-71, no. 14b, fig. 40.
J. de Landsberg, ‘La représentation de Pilate dans l"œuvre de Pierre Paul Rubens', Annales d"Histoire de l"Art et d"Archéologie , XXXVI, 2014, pp. 19-20, fig. 11.
SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (SIEGEN 1577-1640 ANTWERP)
Ecce Homo - a sketch
oil on panel, the reverse marked with the brand of the Antwerp panel-makers" Guild
18 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (47.6 x 34.8 cm.)
with a red wax seal possibly of the King of Prussia (on the reverse)
