Copy by a follower of PETER PAUL RUBENS

Copy by a follower of PETER PAUL RUBENS
(Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)Madonna and Child.Oil on canvas.90.2 × 74.4 cm.

Lot 6003 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Auction Fischer, Lucerne, 17–28 August 1929, lot 94 (as attributed to Peter Paul Rubens).
- Rotach collection, Winterthur, circa 1957.
- Swiss private collection.

This composition relates to the prototype by Peter Paul Rubens in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (oil on panel, 101 × 77.2 cm, inv. no. 32.100.42).

Fiona Healy and Brecht Vanoppen will include the painting as a copy after Peter Paul Rubens in the forthcoming Vol. IV.2 of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard.

Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface with a fine network of craquelure. Isolated older areas of retouching and scattered paint losses visible. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light several smaller areas of retouching visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 114.8 × 98.6 cm.

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