The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Details

Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on panel
24.9 x 19.2 cm.

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Lot Essay

The present composition relates to Rubens' eponymous work of circa 1616-7 in the Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam (M. Jaffé, Rubens, 1989, p. 220, no. 386, illustrated). In the Potsdam picture a basket is depicted instead of a rose in the lower right foreground.

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