Lot 18
Lot 18
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, after the Antique

Price Realised GBP 2,250
Estimate
GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
Closed: 5 Dec 2019
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Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, after the Antique

Price Realised GBP 2,250
Closed: 5 Dec 2019
Price Realised GBP 2,250
Closed: 5 Dec 2019
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Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion, after the Antique
illegibly inscribed (recto and verso) (i) and with inscription 'Rubes' (verso)
pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark eagle
614 x 738 in. (16 x 18.5 cm); together with Studio of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), The Education of Bacchus, pen and brown ink, brown wash, touches of white heightening, 734 x 412 in. (19.5 x 11.6 cm)

Provenance
i:
Prosper Henry Lankrink (1628-1692), London L. 2090).
Victor Koch, London.
Janos Scholz, New York.
with Julius Weitzner, New York, 1953, when acquired by Michael Jaffé.
i and ii:
Professor Michael Jaffé, and by inheritance to the present owners.
Literature
i:
M. Jaffé, 'Rubens as a draughtsman', Burlington Magazine, CVII, 1965, p. 381
M. Jaffé, Rubens and Italy, Oxford, 1977, p. 83, fig. 285, note 78.
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