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Portrait of a Carmelite Prior (© Barber Institute of Fine Arts)
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© Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Portrait of a Carmelite Prior

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)

Location: Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Date: 1615 - 1617

Materials: oil on panel

Dimensions: 80 x 66 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £80,000 (Total: £346,153; tax remission)

Vendor: Anonymous (through Agnew's)

Review number: 4650 (1999)

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.

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

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