Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
(Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
The Tiger, Lion and Leopard hunt,
oil on canvas, 203 x 258 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
The present painting is one of several workshop variants of The Lion, Tiger and Leopard Hunt devised by Peter Paul Rubens. While designs for large-scale hunting scenes were traditionally commissioned from artists in the Low Countries for tapestry manufacture, the prohibitive expense of such a medium led Rubens to reconceive such pieces as worthy compositions in their own right, thereby creating a market for a new format of painting in which he and his studio were immediately the leading practitioners. According to Max Rooses (see Rubens – Sa vie et ses oeuvres, 1900, I, p. 263), Rubens considered them ‘decorative paintings in which he had a great part carried out by others while he confined himself to retouching’, and the present painting is no exception. An earlier version is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes (1615/16).
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
30.04.2019 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 69,050.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 25,000.- to EUR 35,000.-
Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
(Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
The Tiger, Lion and Leopard hunt,
oil on canvas, 203 x 258 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
The present painting is one of several workshop variants of The Lion, Tiger and Leopard Hunt devised by Peter Paul Rubens. While designs for large-scale hunting scenes were traditionally commissioned from artists in the Low Countries for tapestry manufacture, the prohibitive expense of such a medium led Rubens to reconceive such pieces as worthy compositions in their own right, thereby creating a market for a new format of painting in which he and his studio were immediately the leading practitioners. According to Max Rooses (see Rubens – Sa vie et ses oeuvres, 1900, I, p. 263), Rubens considered them ‘decorative paintings in which he had a great part carried out by others while he confined himself to retouching’, and the present painting is no exception. An earlier version is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes (1615/16).
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 30.04.2019 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.04. - 30.04.2019 |
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