VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Details
Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

The Virgin and Child by a Fountain

with inscription 'Poussin' (?); black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray, brown and purple wash heightened with white (partly oxidized)
10 5/8 x 9 1/8in. (270 x 231mm.)

Lot Essay

The drawing may have been inspired by Rubens' painting of the Holy Family with an Angel offering Fruits at Zurich, M. Jaffé, Rubens, Catalogo Completo, Milan, 1989, no. 1062, illustrated