Bidspirit auction | PORTRAIT PAINTING AFTER SIR PETER

PORTRAIT PAINTING AFTER SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS - Early to mid 20th-century oil on canvas portrait painting depicting the Flemish Baroque master Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Germany, 1577 - 1640), rendered after one of the artist's well-known self-portrait compositions. The sitter is shown in three-quarter view wearing a broad black hat, lace collar, and sporting Rubens' distinctive curled mustache and pointed beard. Executed in the manner of the Old Masters. Presented in a gilt and red-painted molded wood frame. MEASURES: 10 in x 12 in FRAME DIMENSIONS: 15 in x 17 in CONDITION REPORT: Overall good to fair estate condition consistent with age. Canvas remains stable with scattered craquelure, light surface grime, and a horizontal line of restoration or repaired cracking visible across the lower portion of the portrait. Minor paint losses are present, including a small loss above the forehead. The reverse shows an older relining or reinforcement with later framing elements. Frame exhibits age-related wear, finish losses, abrasions, scattered chips, and minor separation at the joints.