Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2432Location: BostonDate / Time: November 14, 2008 4:00PM
Description:
Manner of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Delilah
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 in. (92.0 x 71.0 cm),unframed.
Condition: Lined and mounted onto cradled Masonite, retouched, craquelure.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
The retouch is throughout the composition, in dots and dashes as well as some larger areas including some to her face. Some of it is relatively new; other is from previous restoration(s). The craquelure is stable. The painting has been cleaned in the last decade or so.