Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black costume with a white ruff

细节

Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black costume with a white ruff
stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp, the monogram of Michel Vrient, and the initial A
oil on panel
24¾ x 19¼ in. (62 7/8 x 49 cm.)

来源

Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt. (1817-1901), Doughty House, Richmond, and by descent until
The Trustees of the Cook 1939 Settlement; Christie's, London, 13 April 1984, lot 37 (£6,480 to the present owner).

出版

Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, 1903, p. 37, no. 211, as a portrait of Nicolaes Rockox 'by Rubens or more probably Van Dyck'.
J.O. Kronig, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, II, 1914, no. 329, illustrated, as Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
M.W. Brockwell, Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, 1932, p. 47, as Sir Peter Paul Rubens (incorrectly described as illustrated pl. XIV).

展览

London, New Gallery, 1899-1900, no. 109, as a Portrait of Nicolaes Rockox.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, on loan, 1964-1982.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Sir Francis Cook became the head of his father's textile manufacturing and wholesaling firm in 1869, establishing through it a fortune that enabled him to become one of the principal collectors of antique Greek and Roman sculpture in the Victorian period, as well as a major buyer of paintings, acquiring his collection mostly at auction between 1855 and 1870. Cook's wide-ranging collection of paintings at Doughty House was one of the finest of his time, containing works such as Titian's celebrated Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese, Fra Filippo Lippi and Fra Angelico's Adoration of the Magi, Bellini's Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio, François Clouet's A Lady in her Bath and Mantegna's The Christ Child blessing (all National Gallery, Washington, D.C.) and Titian's Portrait of a lady (National Gallery, London).