After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century

Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)

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After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century

A boar hunt; and A deer hunt

Details

After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century
A boar hunt; and A deer hunt
black and coloured chalks, pen and brown ink, touches of bodycolour, on three joined sheets, watermark Arms of Amsterdam and name LEONARD and letter B; point of the brush and watercolour
8 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (22.4 x 54.5 cm); 9 3/8 x 24 5/8 in. (24 x 62.3 cm)
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Provenance

John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, lot 474, 'Rubens and Snyders - A boar hunt and a stag hunt - Indian ink and colours (2)' (9s to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 103 and 104, as Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders.

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Lot Essay

This pair, which can be dated to the seventeenth century, copies two hunting scenes by Rubens known in several autograph and later works in oil and on paper (for these numerous versions, see Rubens. Hunting scenes, Oxford and New York, 1986, nos. 13-13b, 20, 20a, figs. 86, 87, 89, 104, 105, cat. by A. Balis).

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