Philippe Rubens, the Artist's Brother, 1610 or 1611

  • Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640

Oil on oak panel

  • Unframed: 27 × 21 1/8 inches (68.6 × 53.7 cm)
  • 36 9/16 × 30 11/16 × 3 1/8 inches (92.9 × 77.9 × 7.9 cm)

Gift of William E. Scripps in memory of his son, James E. Scripps II

26.385

On View

  • European: Rubens, Level 2, South

Department

European Painting

Church of St. Michael's Abbey (probably Antwerp, Belgium)

August 27, 1817, Collection Peeters d'Aertselaer (Cleydael, Antwerp, Belgium) lot 11

July 19, 1822, (H.J. Steir d'Aertsealer auction, Antwerp, Belgium) lot 11

Collection M.J.L. Nieuwenhuys (Brussels, Belgium)

Collection Grand Duke Henry of Mecklenburg (Netherlands)

December 11, 1854, (Mecklenburg auction, Paris, France) lot 16

Collection Carl von Hollitsher (Berlin, Germany)

Collection Camillo Castiglioni (Vienna, Austria)

November 17-20, 1925, Castiglioni auction (F. Muller auction, Amsterdam, Natherlands) lot 74. William E. Scripps

1926-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Peter Paul Rubens, Philippe Rubens, the Artist's Brother, 1610 or 1611, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William E. Scripps in memory of his son, James E. Scripps II, 26.385.