Peter Paul Rubens
Decius Mus addressing the legions
161780.7 x 84.5 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 320
Provenance
Pierre-Louis-Paul Randon de Boisset (1708-1776), Paris
his estate sale, Paris, 27 February 1777, nr. 31
Destouches, Paris
his sale, A.J. LeBrun and Ph. Fr. Jueliot, Paris, 21 March 1794, nr. 5
John Trumbull (1756-1843), Paris and New York
his sale, Christie's, London, 17 February 1797, nr. 25
Fritz August von Kaulbach (1850-1920), Munich
his estate sale, Hugo Helbing, Munich, 29-30 October 1929, nr. 194
with Frederick Mont, Inc., New York
sold 8 February 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1957 to NGA
Other works by Peter Paul Rubens
Isabella Brant
The Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1615
c. 1615
Lion Hunt
The Victory of Eucharistic Truth over Heresy
c. 1626
c. 1626
Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and Their Daughter Clara Joanna