School of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 17th Century)
The Holy Family with John the Baptist and St. Anne
depicting the Virgin and Child with St. Joseph in the background, accompanied by St. Anne and the young St. John the Baptist. The richly rendered composition displays hallmarks of the Rubens workshop tradition: warm flesh tones, robust figural modeling, and dynamic, interwoven gazes among the figures. The painterly handling of drapery, atmospheric architectural setting, and the tender interaction between Christ and the infant Baptist are consistent with Flemish Baroque devotional imagery.
Oil on boards
Initialed lower left PPR
43" x 36"
Provenance: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, ME, 825/2013, Lot 322 ($9,000) copy of receipt available
Condition
The piece presents fair for its age. The board is bowed with cracks/splitting to wood. Edgeware with loss, scattered inpainting, in need of additional inpainting for vertical cracks. varnish.
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