4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2014.

Portrait of a Man with Sword

Artist Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

CultureFlemish

Dateca. 1598-99

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions38 1/2 × 27 in. (97.8 × 68.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 50 × 38 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (127 × 96.8 × 11.4 cm)

InscribedNot dated or signed.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.463

Collections

European Art before 1945

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 206

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas portrait painting. It is a three-quarter view of a man with red hair and beard, outfitted in blue with a sword. This is an oil on canvas portrait painting. The sitter has a grave, aristocratic mien. It is a three-quarter view of a man with wispy reddish hair, beard and mustache. His beard trails over the medium sized white collar. His clothes are dark blue and ornate with a decorative pattern. He wears a sword on his left side, while his right hand rests on the arm of a chair.

Label TextPeter Paul Rubens Flemish, 1577–1640 Portrait of a Man with Sword, ca. 1598-99 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.463 ProvenanceBaron Van Brienen Van de Crootelindt, Amsterdam, Holland; Anonymous English Private Collection; Rita Bellesi; Purchased from Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1954 by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Seattle Art Museum; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis Art Institute; St. Louis City Art Museum; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City; Detroit Institute of Arts; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Exhibited March 2, 1956 - April 14, 1957. (Exhib. cat. no. 4). "1550-1650: A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 7 - Nov. 4, 1962; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dec. 4, 1962 - Jan. 23, 1963; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4 - March 31, 1963. (Exhib. cat. pp. 27 [ill.], 44). "Rubens in Italy," Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Oct. 14 - Dec. 15, 1977. (Exhib. cat. no. 3). "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. “Becoming Famous: Peter Paul Rubens," Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, October 22, 2021 – February 20, 2022.Published ReferencesExhibition catalogue. _1550-1650, A Century of Masters from the Collections of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center. 1962: p. 27, ill; p. 44. Dennis R. Anderson. "Rubens and His School," _Chrysler Museum at Norfolk Bulletin_. Vol. 4, no. 8. 08/1975: cover. _Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640_, exhib. cat., Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 1977, no. 3. Michael Jaffe, _Rubens and Italy_. Ithaca, New York, 1977, p. 16. Chrysler Museum. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 38. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 22, no. 16. Francesco Lofano, "Un episodio di committenza del Seicento napoletano: Andrea Falcone e i marmi della cappella Blanch (e il possibile soggetto di un dipinto di Rubens)" _Valori Tattili_, July-December 2011. fig 12, p.79. Nils Büttner and Sandra-Kristin Diefenthaler, _Becoming Famous: Peter Paul Rubens_, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in association with Sandstein Verlag, 2021, 26, cat. 10.