Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of a gentleman, said to be Jan Wildens, bust-length, wearing a black jacket and a ruff

Details

Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be Jan Wildens, bust-length, wearing a black jacket and a ruff
oil on panel
22 x 17 in. (57.3 x 45 cm.)
The support is stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp and a panel maker's mark.

Literature

E. Larsen, P.P. Rubens, Antwerp, 1952, pp.167-8 and p. 128, pl.102 as Rubens.

Lot Essay

In a letter dated November 1943, Prof. Leo von Puyvelde describes the present picture as 'a good and characteristic work of Rubens' dateable to circa 1620. He identifies the sitter as Jan Wildens by way of a comparison with van Dyck's portrait of Wildens in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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