Rubens ‘copy’ now fully attributed
A painting thought to be a copy of a Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) portrait when it was deaccessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art will now be offered at Christie’s in London with a full attribution, estimated at £3m-5m.
The small portrait of the artist’s daughter, Clara Serena, was ascribed to a follower of Rubens at the time the New York museum sold the work to the Christie’s vendor in 2013.