Portrait of a Carmelite Prior

Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)

Barber Institute of Fine Arts

1615 - 1617

Half-length portrait of a prior, facing right, praying in front of a crucifix.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: 80 x 66 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £80000 ( Total: £346,153; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Anonymous (through Agnew's)

Provenance

Snyers sale, Antwerp 1758; Teh Rev William Sawrey, Rector of Elford, c.1760; thence to succeeding Rectors, John Sneyd and FE Paget; Agatha Paget; Salisbury Paget; Sotheby's 1950; Agnew's; Lord Plunket, 1951.

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