The Four Philosophers: Group portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, Philip Rubens, Justus Lipsius and Johannes Woverius
Details
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens The Four Philosophers: Group portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, Philip Rubens, Justus Lipsius and Johannes Woverius
oil on canvas, unframed
67½ x 57 in. (171.5 x 144.7 cm.)
Lot Essay
After the picture in the Pitti Palace, Florence, generally believed to date from circa 1611-2 (see H. Vlieghe, Rubens Portraits, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, XIX, London, 1987, pp. 128-32).