A painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens long thought to be lost could sell for as much as $35 million when it returns to auction in January. “Salome Presented With the Severed Head of Saint ...
French auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat found a painting by the 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens in a private mansion in Paris. Photo / Getty Images A long-lost painting by 17th-century ...
A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray analysis and could now fetch up to £6 million ($7.7 million) at auction next month.
Today, Peter Paul Rubens is best remembered as the Old Master with a penchant for fleshy, pink nudes and baroque grandiosity. These perceptions suggest a man of unchecked libertinism, but Rubens was ...
The National Gallery's Samson and Delilah (1609-10) is attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, but some scholars have raised doubts regarding its authenticity in recent decades. Public domain via Wikimedia ...