Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)

The Betrayal of Christ

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Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
The Betrayal of Christ
with a fragment of a letter 'Molt Ill sig: et Pron... mio Riveritmo A cagione d'una mia longa infirmita scritto a VS. et reverola e rassegnia... solito suo seruitore fedele come... ma Lo faccio adesso con tutto e me Le dedico et sempre tale' (verso)
pen and brown ink
5½ x 6 3/8 in. (14 x 16 cm.)

J. Müller Hofstede, 'Opmerkingen bij enige tekeningen von Rubens in het Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen', Bulletin Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, XIII, 1962, pp. 96-7, pls. 10-11 (as Rubens).
K. Renger, 'Rubens, Drawings and Sketches', Kunstchronik, XXI, no. 4, 1978, p. 144, as not by Rubens.
J. Held, The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, Princeton, 1980, I, p. 637, under no. A25 ('Nor do I believe that the drawing on a letter in the collection of J.Q. van Regteren Altena... is Rubens' work; the letter (admittedly a fragment) is not written in Rubens' hand').
Corpus Rubenianum VI, J. R. Judson, The Passion of Christ, Antwerp, 2000, p. 59, under no. 10 ('Held has rejected both the sketch [i.e. the oil sketch of the same subject in The Hague, Judson no. 10] and the drawing in the van Regteren Altena collection, an opinion with which I would agree').

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 105, pl. 96 (as Rubens; catalogue by J. Giltaij).
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Rubens in Italien: Gemälde,
Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen (part of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640),
1977, no. 31 (as Rubens).

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Comparable in composition to a painting of the same subject in the collection of the former Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, formerly on loan at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Schilderijen tot 1800, Rotterdam, 1962, p. 114, no. 2384; see also R. Oldenbourg, P.P. Rubens: des Meisters Gemälde in 538 Abbildungen, Stuttgart, 1921, p. 456, illustrated p. 17).

The inscription on the verso appears very close to Rubens' own handwriting.

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