After(?) Sir Peter Paul Rubens

A procession of genii, putti, and children with a festoon of fruit, and a bear and lion

Details

After(?) Sir Peter Paul Rubens
A procession of genii, putti, and children with a festoon of fruit, and a bear and lion
oil on canvas
9 x 35 in. (23.5 x 89.5 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, Paris, 1956.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 11 December 1984, lot 48, as attributed to Watteau after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (16,200).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1989, lot 251, as a follower of Watteau after Rubens (25,300).

Literature

J. Mathey, 'The Early Paintings of Watteau', The Art Quarterly, XIX, 1956, p. 22, fig. 7.
J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau Peintures Rapparues, Paris, 1959, no. 83.
F.J.B. Watson, review of Mathey, 'Antoine Watteau Peintures Rapparues', The Burlington Magazine, 1962, p. 126.
E.C. Montagni, L'Opera Completa di Watteau, Milan, 1968, p. 127, under no. 8A where the attribution to Watteau is rejected.
G. Martin, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, XV, The Whitehall Ceiling (forthcoming), under 10c.

Lot Essay

The present work may be a copy of a lost modello for the Procession on the west side of the painting in the central oval compartment of the ceiling of the Banqueting House, Whitehall. It may thus have documentary interest in recording the development of the composition.

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