Victor Wolfvoet (Antwerp 1612-1652)

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

Details

Victor Wolfvoet (Antwerp 1612-1652)
The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
oil on copper
34 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (87 x 69.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Don Lorenzo Pellerano, Buenos Aires; his sale, Guerrico & Williams, Buenos Aires, October 1933, lot 123, as Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens.
Anonymous sale; J.C. Naón & Cía S.A., Buenos Aires, August 1938, lot 920 (according to a label on the reverse).
Private collection, South America, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

E. Dupuy De Lôme, 'La Galleria de Cuadros de Cuadros de Don Lorenzo Pellerano', Plus Ultra, II, 9, 1917.

Lot Essay

A version of this picture of almost identical dimensions and with some minor variants, also by Wolfvoet, is in the Rubenshuis, Antwerp. Both pictures derive from the large altarpiece of the same subject created by Sir Peter Paul Rubens for the Augustijnenkerk, Antwerp (now Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp).

We are grateful to Dr. Ben Van Beneden for confirming the attribution to Victor Wolfvoet on the basis of a photograph (written communication, 22 February 2017).

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