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LOT 31779:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Sleeping Angelica and the Hermit
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Sleeping Angelica and the Hermit
Black chalk heightened with white and wash on paper laid down on period paper and decorated with gold
Inscribed (or signed) "P. P. Rubens" on the attached paper.
32 X 41 cm
Provenance: Estate of Yehuda and Shula Prihar.
"Old Masters and 19th Century Continental Drawings and Watercolors", Christie's, London, July 15th 1980, number 74 in the catalogue.
Notes: A rare preparation for the painting which has disappeared during the 19th century. see: Koenraad Jonckheere, "The Auction of King William's Paintings 1713, Elite International Art Trade at the End of the Dutch Golden Age", Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008, fig. 100.
Another version of the same subject with different background, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Notes: The original Christie's catalogue is not in our possession and we don't have knowledge about their precise classification.
