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All auctions / Miscellaneous / Scuola fiamminga (XVIII-XIX) - Ritratto di Pieter Paul Rubens
Flemish School (18th-19th century) “Portrait of Pieter Paul Rubens” Oil on canvas / 1780-1800 Signed bottom left Flemish School, late 18th century Oil on canvas The painting depicts the famous Flemish master in half-length, in a well-established iconography deriving from self-portraits and portraits disseminated through engravings between the 17th and 18th centuries. Rubens is represented facing the viewer, with a slight turn of the head and direct gaze toward the observer, animated by a lively and subtly ironic expression. The painter wears the broad, black, wide-brimmed hat, a distinctive element of his public image, under which the long, wavy hair is glimpsed. The thin curled mustache and the pointed goatee frame the face, rendered with warm tones and soft chiaroscuro transitions. Around the neck opens a white pleated ruff with a lace edge, treated with luminous finesse and decorative taste. The work sits in the cultural climate of the late 18th-century Flemish revival, a period in which the figure of Rubens is rediscovered and celebrated as an emblem of the great national artistic heritage. In this context, celebratory portraits, copies and reinterpretations multiply, which, while recalling 17th-century models, present a smoother painting sensibility and a more uniform light, distant from the original vibrant Baroque energy. The dark neutral background isolates the figure, enhancing its psychological presence, while the painting technique appears controlled and refined, consistent with late-18th-century taste. The painting thus constitutes a significant testimony to Rubens’s posthumous fortune and the continuity of Flemish artistic memory between the Baroque and proto-Romantic culture. Painting set in an imposing contemporaneous frame with foliate motifs Dimensions: 55 x 47 cm in frame Canvas: 41 x 33 cm Estimate: 1000.00 / 1200.00 From a private collection Condition: Good, with normal signs of time across the painted surface. Time marks consistent with the period of the painting Ideal for collecting and investment With a legally compliant certificate of authenticity - Expertise Professional packaging and insured shipping Conditions: in good conditions of preservation with signs of time - For historical reasons, the work cannot be shipped to Switzerland or outside Europe - Free circulation within Italy and Europe.
Estimate:£424.12
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