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Lot 4

After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Lot 4 Details
After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish

THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL

Oil on canvas. An early 17th century copy, possibly Austrian or Czechoslovakian School.
32.25 ins x 49.5 ins; 81.9 cms x 125.7 cms

Estimate $1,500-$2,500

Realised: $3,300
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After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
  • After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
  • After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Provenance:

By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto from their father who resided in the Czech Republic

Note:

Accompanied by a typed evaluation dated 29th October 1972 from Professor Ian S. Hodkinson, Department of Art History, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

This painting was restored by Professor Hodkinson, Kingston, Ontario, with his label affixed to the masonite sheet covering the canvas verso. The relined canvas is stretched on an I.C.A. spring stretcher.

The accompanying letter from Professor Hodkinson dated October 29, 1972, called this work: "Unknown artist - Austrian School, Early 17th Century" and appraised this canvas at $5,000 minimum.

The present panel depicts the moment Saul (Christian name: Paul) a Hellenised Jew, Roman citizen and persecutor of the early Christians is thrown from his bucking horse on the road to Damascus. Blinded by a light from the heavens, and addressed by God’s voice, Saul became a Christian taking the name Paul and was instrumental in taking Christianity to the gentiles.

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