Habsburg Court Painter, circa 1600
Portrait of Archduke Albrecht VII of Austria (1559–1621) in ceremonial armour,
oil on canvas, 125 x 103.5 cm, framed
The present portrait of Archduke Albrecht was previously unknown. Similar depictions by both Peter Paul Rubens (oil on canvas, 190.5 x 127 cm, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (Virginia), Inv. r L80.126) and Otto van Veen (oil on canvas, 46.5 x 37 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Inv. N3291) are known. Peter Paul Rubens’s full-length portrait in the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, differs from the present painting in fundamental details, whereas Otto van Veen’s small-sized bust in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels closely resembles the present picture. Attributions to the Rubens workshop and Otto and Gijbrecht van Veen have been suggested. In all of the three portraits, the archduke wears a suit of ceremonial armour from Milan, which has survived in the Koninklijk Legermuseum in Hallepoort. Albrecht wore this suit of armour during his festive entrances into the towns of the Spanish Netherlands in 1599 and 1600.
The present painting is an excellent example of stately portraiture influenced by Peter Paul Rubens.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
19.04.2016 - 18:00
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EUR 80,000.- to EUR 120,000.-
Habsburg Court Painter, circa 1600
Portrait of Archduke Albrecht VII of Austria (1559–1621) in ceremonial armour,
oil on canvas, 125 x 103.5 cm, framed
The present portrait of Archduke Albrecht was previously unknown. Similar depictions by both Peter Paul Rubens (oil on canvas, 190.5 x 127 cm, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (Virginia), Inv. r L80.126) and Otto van Veen (oil on canvas, 46.5 x 37 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Inv. N3291) are known. Peter Paul Rubens’s full-length portrait in the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, differs from the present painting in fundamental details, whereas Otto van Veen’s small-sized bust in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels closely resembles the present picture. Attributions to the Rubens workshop and Otto and Gijbrecht van Veen have been suggested. In all of the three portraits, the archduke wears a suit of ceremonial armour from Milan, which has survived in the Koninklijk Legermuseum in Hallepoort. Albrecht wore this suit of armour during his festive entrances into the towns of the Spanish Netherlands in 1599 and 1600.
The present painting is an excellent example of stately portraiture influenced by Peter Paul Rubens.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 19.04.2016 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 09.04. - 19.04.2016 |