© Fitzwilliam Museum
A Study of a Bearded Man
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1616 - 1618
Materials: oil on oak panel
Dimensions: 68 x 53 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £9,808 (Total: £62,000)
Vendor: Hanson Estate
Review number: 2834 (1980)
Provenance:
Probably listed as one lot in the inventory of Rubens' effects after his death in 1640; said to have been given by the Duke of Bavaria to the Duc d'Albery, from whom purchased by Lord Belper between 1817 and 1821; by descent in the Belper family at Kindston Hall, Derby until sold Sotheby's 18 Nov 1959 lot 33; Bought by Hanson Estate in 1959.
Description:
Study for the head of Caspar in The Adoration of the Magi, the centre panel of the triptych commissioned from Rubens for the church of S. Jean, Malines.
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