Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577-1640)

Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577-1640)

The Apotheosis of James I

Oil on canvas

74.9 x 54.2cm; 29½ x 21¼in

Provenance:

Jack Gold, Richmond;

Christie's, London, 29 July 1971, lot 54 (as Watteau after Rubens);

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)

Literature:

J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau, Peintures Réapparues, (1959), p.36, pl.82;

J. Mathey, 'The early paintings of Watteau', in The Art Quarterly (Spring 1956), p.22;

F. J. B. Watson, 'Watteau, Peintre Inconnu', in The Burlington Magazine (March 1962), p.162 (reproduced)

After the central compartment of Rubens' ceiling in the Main Banqueting Hall, Banqueting House, Whitehall. This work was previously considered to be by Antoine Watteau.