Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), 17th Century (oil on panel)

Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), artist, diplomat and collector, in grisaille, nearly three-quarter-length, facing the spectator, in dark dress with a white lace collar, a dark cloak held by his right hand, his left elbow resting on a stone ledge. Engraved by P. Pontius (Wibiral, 59). From a set of grisaille portraits by Van Dyck of artists and distinguished persons, for engravers to work from. The panels, with the exception of M.188, are all in identical English 18th Century carved and gilded Palladian frames, with tongue-and-leaf outer edge and foliate sight edge.