Live Auction 23048A Park Avenue Collection
FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
Lot 143

FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS

The Consecration of Decius Mus

Closed17 April 2024

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USD 4,000–6,000

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FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
The Consecration of Decius Mus
oil on panel
6 ¾ x 19 4/5 in. (17.1 x 50.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 March 1984, lot 98, as School of Rubens, `Christ heading the Centurion's servant', where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The composition derives from a monumental painting by Peter Paul Rubens, datable to circa 1616-17, which forms part of a cycle of eight paintings treating the theme of victory and death of the Roman consul Decius Mus, now in the Liechtenstein Princely Collections, Vienna. Here, the composition has been adapted to the elongated format of this panel, which almost certainly once adorned a cabinet.