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| Artist | After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Title | Adoration of the Magi |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1800 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1899 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 35.9 x 26 cm |
| Inscription | front lr 'P.P.R./1636' |
| Description | This painting is a copy, probably made in the 19th century, of a painting by Rubens in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Rubens, one of the pre-eminent artists of the seventeenth century, inspired admiration and numerous copies. The false date of 1636 inscribed on this copy is curious: the original is known to have been painted in 1624. |
| Subject | figure; religion (Virgin Mary; Christ Child; Magi) |
| Collection | Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | MNEMG 10.1944.115 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by George S. Elgood 1944. |
| Principal publications | Legouix, S., Foreign Paintings Catalogue, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone, 1976, p. 40. |
| Notes |
Label on back 'Sketch after a painting by Rubens (1577-1649) in the Musée des Beaux-Arts'. The original is indeed in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. A small unfinished sketch by Rubens for the final work is in the Wallace Collection in London (519) but the present copy appears to be after the finished work. The signature is spurious, and the false date is especially curious since the date of the original painting is 1624. |
| Rights status | © Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery |
| Author | Dr Rachel Sloan |
