Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbes of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian

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Lot 237
  • 237

After Rubens

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Secular Hierarchy in Adoration and The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in Adoration
  • Both red, black and white chalk, drawn over two sheets of paper
  • Each 21½in by 16½in

Literature

N. de Poorter, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part II, The Eucharist Series, London & Philadelphia 1978, vol. I, p. 277, under no. 5b, reproduced, vol. II, fig. 110 (The Secular Hierarchy in Adoration) and vol. I, p. 272, under no. 4b, reproduced, vol. II, fig. 109 (The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in Adoration) 

Catalogue Note

These grand drawings are copies after the modelli that Rubens produced for the tapestries depicting The Secular Hierarchy in Adoration (modello now lost) and The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in Adoration (modello now in The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville) for the convent of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid. Rubens was commissioned by the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633), daughter of Philip II of Spain, to design a series of tapestries, known as The Triumph of the Eucharist.  For more information on the series and these specific compositions, see N. de Poorter's entry (see Literature).