Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century
Lot 104

After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century

A boar hunt; and A deer hunt

Closed4 December 2018

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After of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Flemish School, 17th Century
A boar hunt; and A deer hunt
black and coloured chalks, pen and brown ink, touches of bodycolour, on three joined sheets, watermark Arms of Amsterdam and name LEONARD and letter B; point of the brush and watercolour
8 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (22.4 x 54.5 cm); 9 3/8 x 24 5/8 in. (24 x 62.3 cm)
(2)

John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, lot 474, 'Rubens and Snyders - A boar hunt and a stag hunt - Indian ink and colours (2)' (9s to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Specialist note

This pair, which can be dated to the seventeenth century, copies two hunting scenes by Rubens known in several autograph and later works in oil and on paper (for these numerous versions, see Rubens. Hunting scenes, Oxford and New York, 1986, nos. 13-13b, 20, 20a, figs. 86, 87, 89, 104, 105, cat. by A. Balis).