Lot Essay
Professor Jaffé (loc. cit.) suggests it is more likely to be an unfinished painting than a preliminary sketch or bozzetto.
Details
Attributed to Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
A Mythological Scene
oil on panel
21 5/8 x 29 7/8in. (55 x 76cm.)
A Mythological Scene
oil on panel
21 5/8 x 29 7/8in. (55 x 76cm.)
Provenance
A. Coulter, New York.
Anon. Sale, Bonhams, 1958.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 8 July 1988, lot 52.
Anon. Sale, Bonhams, 1958.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 8 July 1988, lot 52.
Literature
M. Jaffé, Rubens, catalogo completo, Milan, 1989, p. 351, no. 1223, illustrated.