SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS | THE LAST SUPPER, EN GRISAILLE

Property from an Important New York Collection
SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp
THE LAST SUPPER, EN GRISAILLE

oil on panel
24¼ by 19 in.; 61.5 by 48.5 cm

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Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

This work is on an oak panel which is made of two pieces of wood joined vertically through the center. The central join is slightly visible, and could be better restored. There are no reinforcements on the reverse. The panel is curved from left to right. The paint layer is stable. The work is noticeably dirty with a yellowed varnish. Although this old varnish inhibits identification of retouches under ultraviolet light, none are evident under close examination with the naked eye. There are some visible pentimenti. The paint layer seems to be extremely well preserved overall. The work would certainly respond well to cleaning. However, if the join were more accurately retouched, it could be hung in its current state.

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Provenance:
Jacques de Wit, Antwerp (c. 1650 -1721), by 1722;

His sale, Antwerp, 15 May 1741, lot 102 ( for 265 fl. to Bostraeten with pendant, The Raising of Lazarus);

Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam;

His sale, Amsterdam, 21 October 1754, lot 7 (for 1,350 fl. to Braamcamp, with pendant lot 8);

There purchased by Gerrit Braamcamp;

His sale, Amsterdam, 31 July 1777, lot 196 (for 1,700 fl. to Bruin, with pendant);

There purchased by Jacob J. de Bruyn;

His sale, Amsterdam, 12 September 1798, lot 44 (for 944 fl. to Beekman, with pendant);

William Troward;

His sale, London, Christie's, 5 May 1826, lot 49 (where unsold, with pendant);

Anonymous sale, London, 1849;

There acquired by John Smith, London;

By whom sold to Thomas Gambier Parry, 1850 (according to a note in Smith's own copy of his catalogue raisonné, see Literature);

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 17-18 June 1864, lot 90 (for £45, to Smith);

Sieland family collection, Leipzig, circa 1880 - 1922;

Theodor Patscher, Düsseldorf, by 1922;

By whom sold to Wassily Mertens, Leipzig, 1937;

His sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1969, lot 14 (where withdrawn);

Peter Mertens, Frankfurt am Main;

By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 12 December 1984, lot 47;

There acquired by the present collector.