Peter Paul Rubens
Deborah Kip, wife of Sir Balthasar Berbier, and her children
1629-30165.8 x 177.8 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 323
Provenance
Possibly Hélène Fourment (1614-1673), widow of the artist, Antwerp, by 1646
possibly John Robartes, 1st earl of Radnor (1606-1685), Lord Privy Seal to Charles II, London
possibly by inheritance to his son, Charles Bodville Robartes, 2nd earl of Radnor (1660-1723), London
his sale, at his residence, London, 22-29 April 1724, nr. 86, as by Van Dyck
Thomas Scawen, London
his sale, at his residence, London, 25-28 January 1743, nr. 49, bought in, possibly by Mr. Borroughs, a relative of Thomas Scawen
"A Gent of the Law"
Sampson Gideon, Esq. [1699-1762], Belvedere, Erith, Kent, before 1755
by inheritance to his son, Sir Sampson Gideon (assumed surname Eardley in 1789), 1st and last baron Spalding (1745-1824), Belvedere
by inheritance to his daughter, Charlotte-Elizabeth, and her husband, Sir Culling Smith, 2nd bt. (1768-1829), Belvedere
by inheritance to their son, Sir Culling Eardley Smith, 3rd bt. (later Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, 1805-1863), Belvedere, and Bedwell Park, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 30 June 1860, no. 21, bought in
by inheritance to his daughters, Frances Selena Eardley (Mrs. Culling Hanbury), Bedwell Park, and Isabella Maria Eardley (Mrs. William Henry Freemantle, died 1901)
by inheritance, by 1927, to Colonel Francis E. Fremantle and Edward V.E. Fremantle, Esq.
purchased 5 August 1971 through Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London by NGA
Other works by Peter Paul Rubens
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the infant St John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
c. 1615
c. 1615
Atalante and Hippomenes
The Vision of St Ildefonso
Head of an Old Man with Curly Beard
c. 1609
c. 1609