Manner of Peter Paul Rubens (18th/19th Century)

Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist
oil on canvas
45 1/2 x 38 inches.

Property from the Estate of a Midwest Collector, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Note:

A document affixed to the back of the canvas describes a transaction in which this work, then believed to be an original Rubens, was sold on March 4, 1897.

Canvas is re-lined. Craquelure throughout. Area of surface abrasions and minor instances of loss to the paint layer in the upper-right corner where the canvas meets the frame; minor abrasions to the surface spanning the right vertical edge of the canvas where it meets the frame. Examination under UV light reveals a fairly heavy, even varnish, with no evidence of repair or retouch. The document affixed to the back of the canvas reads (in Spanish):

Kingdom of Spain

Madrid

The undersigned Doña Blanca Gonzalez Bravo de Ruiz de Arana, resident of Madrid, hereby certifies that I have sold to Mr. Hannis Taylor, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in Madrid, for its fair price, the canvas that accompanies this document, which is an original Madonna of the famous Dutch painter Peter Paul Rubens, which was left to me by my father the Honorable Señor Gonzalez Bravo, president of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom in the time of Isabel II. As such, said canvas was bequeathed to me by my father; as such it was appraised by the famous Spanish painter Don German Hernandez Amores; as such it was exhibited by me at the Exposition Artistica del Ministerie de Ultramar, which opened in Madrid in February 1897; and as such I have sold it to the aforementioned Mr. Taylor.

Signed in Madrid on March 4, 1897.

I, D. Joaquin Siguenza, former painter of the Royal Chamber, Commander and Knight of the Orders of Isabel “the Catholic,” Carlos III and Cristo of Portugal, awarded in several exhibitions for his works;

I certify that after having examined this painting, I am of the opinion that it is undoubtedly an original painting by the famous painter Peter Paul Rubens.

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