After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)
"Christ on the Cross." Oil on canvas, unsigned, depicting Jesus Christ on the cross with the windswept loincloth, the tilt of Christ's head and the scroll (titles) at the top of the cross against a dark, dramatic sky, in characteristic Baroque tenebrism (high contrast between light and dark), though pierced spear wound shown on the right side instead of left side depicted by Rubens, framed in a heavy solid wood frame with gilt over red under-pigment finish, overall 36-3/4" x 25-3/4".
Condition
Good overall, relined and re-stretched in heavy bolted corners new stretcher, few old in-painting visible under UV light in the upper left side; frame with some wear and small losses.
"Christ on the Cross." Oil on canvas, unsigned, depicting Jesus Christ on the cross with the windswept loincloth, the tilt of Christ's head and the scroll (titles) at the top of the cross against a dark, dramatic sky, in characteristic Baroque tenebrism (high contrast between light and dark), though pierced spear wound shown on the right side instead of left side depicted by Rubens, framed in a heavy solid wood frame with gilt over red under-pigment finish, overall 36-3/4" x 25-3/4".
Condition
Good overall, relined and re-stretched in heavy bolted corners new stretcher, few old in-painting visible under UV light in the upper left side; frame with some wear and small losses.
