Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 6th March 2019
Lot 268
WITHDRAWN After Sir Peter Paul Rubens Two Lions Oil on canvas 128.5 x 176cm; 50½ x 69¼in This...
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Description
WITHDRAWN
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Two Lions
Oil on canvas
128.5 x 176cm; 50½ x 69¼in
This work is based on the painting now in the Louvre which was part of the original series by Rubens depicting the marriage of Maria de Medici and Henry IV. The original depicts putti riding the lions. For comparison see M. Jaffé, Rubens: Catalogo Completo, Milan 1990, pp. 274-275, cat. no. 725, reproduced p. 275.