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RUBENS.
Louvre.
and held by the right hand. A brilliantly-coloured and highly-
wrought picture.
1ft. Ilin. by 1 ft. 5 in.-—P.
Collection of Baroness deBoonen, at Brussels, 1776, 2025 flo. 1621.
Sold in the collection of the Due de Praslin, 1793, 7750fs. 3101.
Valued by the Experts du Musee . . 1816, 10,000 fs. 4001.
402. A Portrait of the President Richardot.—See Vandyke.
403. The Flight of Lot and his Daughters. Lot, habited
in a light crimson mantle, is advancing under the guidance of
an angel, followed by his reluctant wife, who is dressed in a
bluish robe, and behind whom is an angel urging her on;
these are followed by the daughters ; one of them, dressed in a
scarlet gown, is leading an ass, laden with household utensils
and vessels of gold and silver; the other carries a basket of
valuable objects on her head. The party has just quitted the
gate of the devoted city, towards which the demons of destruc-
tion are hastening through the air.
The superior excellence of this beautiful production is strongly
confirmed by the artist himself, who has signed and dated it PE. PA.
RVBENS, 1625, a mark of distinction which the writer has observed
but thrice on his pictures, and but very few are marked even with
his initials.
2 ft. 4| in. by 3 st. 9| in.—P.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, in 1816, at 60,000fs. 24001.
The same subject, differently composed, is engraved by Lucas
Vosterman; dated 1620.—See Marlborough Collection.
The following twenty-one pictures, forming a series illustrative
of the principal events of the life of Marie de Medicis, were
painted by her express order in the year 1620, for the purpose
of decorating the Luxembourg Palace,and were completed at
Antwerp, in the short space of two years; to accomplish which
arduous task, Rubens necessarily had recourse to the assistance
of his skilful pupils. In these magnificent productions the
RUBENS.
Louvre.
and held by the right hand. A brilliantly-coloured and highly-
wrought picture.
1ft. Ilin. by 1 ft. 5 in.-—P.
Collection of Baroness deBoonen, at Brussels, 1776, 2025 flo. 1621.
Sold in the collection of the Due de Praslin, 1793, 7750fs. 3101.
Valued by the Experts du Musee . . 1816, 10,000 fs. 4001.
402. A Portrait of the President Richardot.—See Vandyke.
403. The Flight of Lot and his Daughters. Lot, habited
in a light crimson mantle, is advancing under the guidance of
an angel, followed by his reluctant wife, who is dressed in a
bluish robe, and behind whom is an angel urging her on;
these are followed by the daughters ; one of them, dressed in a
scarlet gown, is leading an ass, laden with household utensils
and vessels of gold and silver; the other carries a basket of
valuable objects on her head. The party has just quitted the
gate of the devoted city, towards which the demons of destruc-
tion are hastening through the air.
The superior excellence of this beautiful production is strongly
confirmed by the artist himself, who has signed and dated it PE. PA.
RVBENS, 1625, a mark of distinction which the writer has observed
but thrice on his pictures, and but very few are marked even with
his initials.
2 ft. 4| in. by 3 st. 9| in.—P.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, in 1816, at 60,000fs. 24001.
The same subject, differently composed, is engraved by Lucas
Vosterman; dated 1620.—See Marlborough Collection.
The following twenty-one pictures, forming a series illustrative
of the principal events of the life of Marie de Medicis, were
painted by her express order in the year 1620, for the purpose
of decorating the Luxembourg Palace,and were completed at
Antwerp, in the short space of two years; to accomplish which
arduous task, Rubens necessarily had recourse to the assistance
of his skilful pupils. In these magnificent productions the