Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp) and Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657), Ceres and Pan

Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp) and Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)
Ceres and Pan
oil on canvas, unframed
54 3/8 x 76 ¾ in. (138.4 x 194.7 cm.)

Provenance
M. P.J.F. Vrancken (1757-1833), Lokeren; his sale (†), P. van Regemorter, Antwerp, 15 May 1838 [=1st day], lot 1, as ‘Rubens’, when acquired by the following,
Henry Arteria, by whom sold by 1842 to,
Edmund Higginson, Esq., Saltmarshe, London.
Philip L. Hinds, London; his sale, Christie’s, London, 11 June 1870, lot 91, as ‘Rubens’ (100 gns. to Philpot).
Mr F. van Eemeren Sils, by 1877.
M. Ant. Sils, Antwerp; his sale, Jean Dirickx, Antwerp, 19 March 1882, lot 190, as ‘Rubens’.
Raymond and Maria Puthomme, Arles, from whom acquired in 1969 by the family of the present owner.

Literature
J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, London, 1830-1842, II, p. 263, no. 888; IX, p. 325, no. 297, as ‘Rubens and Brueghel’.
M. Rooses, L’oeuvre de P.P. Rubens: Histoire et Description de ses tableaux et dessins, Antwerp, 1890, p. 69, under no. 584.
M. Jaffé, Rubens: Catalogo Completo, Milan, 1989, p. 230, under no. 439.
M. Díaz Padrón, El Siglo de Rubens en el Museo del Prado: Catálogo Razonada de Pintura Flamenca del Siglo XVII, Madrid, 1995, II, p. 1100, under no. 1672.

Exhibited
Antwerp, Acade´mie royale d’arche´ologie de Belgique, L’oeuvre de P.P. Rubens 1577-1877: Troisième centenaire de la naissance du Maitre, 1877.