1332
Peter Paul Rubens Studio or Follower of
(Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerpen)
„The Wise Rule of King James I of England and Scotland“
oil on panel
64.5 × 49 cm
wax seal, in parts damaged (on the reverse): Galerie / (Sedelmeyer) / Paris
handwritten label (on the reverse): from Marygrove College / 9-3-1953 Mrs Baar
Provenance
Provenance (different references in literature and certificate):
(probably) Collection J.B. Horion, Brussels, Sale September 1788: dimensions 25 x 19 in. = 63,5 x 48,3 cm (according to JMH 1986, Budapest 1946 & Sedelmeyer 1899; CR/Martin 2005 states this provenance for no. 3c („Copy“))
(probably) Collection Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA (1723-1792), Sale of his collection, London, Christie’s, 11.-14. March 1795 (according to JMH 1986, Budapest 1946 & Sedelmeyer 1899; CR/Martin 2005 states this provenance for no. 3c („Copy“))
(probably) Collection Colonel H. Baillie (1777-1866), London, 1830 (according to JMH 1986, Budapest 1946 & Sedelmeyer 1899; CR/Martin 2005 states this provenance for no. 3c („Copy“))
1899 Gallery Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris (Sedelmeyer 1899)
Fr. Schwarz, Vienna (according to CR/Martin 2005; Burchard Documentation)
1909 Hungarian private collection (according to CR/Martin 2005; Burchard Documentation)
1951 offered to F. Stern, art dealer, New York, (according to CR/Martin 2005; Burchard Documentation)
1960 showed to A.F. Mondschein/ Frederik Mont, art dealer, New York (according to CR/Martin 2005; Burchard Documentation)
Marygrove College, Detroit/Michigan
Sale Sotheby’s, New York, 25 March 1982, lot 14 (as “School of Peter Paul Rubens”)
since c. 1986/87 Austrian private collection
Exhibition
Exhibitions:
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1946 (as Peter Paul Rubens with Horion/Reynolds/Baillie/Sedelmeyer-provenance)
Gallery Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1899 (as Peter Paul Rubens with Horion/Reynolds/Baillie-provenance)
Literature
Literature:
Corpus Rubenianum, Vol. XV, Gregory Martin, Rubens. The Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall, London 2005, p. 168-171: as „Copy“ of no. 3b, see also "Copy" of no. 3c (CR/Martin 2005)
Julius von Held, The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens. A Critical Catalogue, Vol. II, Princeton 1980, p. 195: as „Copy“ no. 2 of cat. no. 130, with a reference to the exhibition in Budapest in 1946; CR/Martin 2005 wrongly refers this exhibition to no. 3b (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna) (Held 1980)
Old Masters in Hungarian private Collections, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 1946, no. 82, ill.: according to Held 1980; CR/Martin 2005 refers this exhibition to no. 3b (Budapest 1946)
Sedelmeyer Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Fifth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters, Paris 1899, p. 54, no. 44, ill. (Sedelmeyer 1899)
cf. Max Rooses, L'oeuvre de P. P. Rubens. Histoire et description de ses tableaux et dessins, Vol. 3, Antwerpen 1890, p. 284: reference to the modello with Horion/Reynolds/Baillie-provenance
cf. d'Hulst, Roger-A., Olieverfschetsen von Rubens uit Nederlands en Belgisch openbaar Bezit, Amsterdam 1968, p. 105
cf. John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters: Peter Paul Rubens, Part II, London 1830, p. 199, no. 717: dimensions 26 x 21 in. = 66 x 53,3, C = canvas (Smith 1830)
Certificate by Dr. Justus Müller-Hofstede, Bonn, 7th December 1986, as modello (oil sketch) by Rubens („eigenhändig ausgeführte, originale Ölskizze (Bozzetto) von der Hand des Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)“). (JMH 1986)
Letter from H.M.J. Nieuwdorp (Director-curator Rubenshouse/Rubenianum) 11th August 1987, fully confirming Dr. Justus Müller-Hofstede’s opinion as an authentic modello by Rubens.
Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Result: € 12.800 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.