update.
The original painting /grisailles which had been stolen from the exhibition was spotted at an auction in Toulon, France by Dr Bert Schepers, Senior researcher and editor Corpus
Rubenianum.
He contacted me and I informed the collection manager at Chatsworth he also did the same thing.
At no time has my part in this been acknowledged publically by either Bert Schepers or the powers that be at Chatsworth.
No doubt I will get my reward in heaven!!
It should be noted that I had identified this painting as by Erasmus Quellin and not by Abraham van Diepenbeeck after discovering the engraving by Paulus Pontius illustrated below.
Here is the link to my updated post.
A Mid 17th Century Engraving by Paulus Pontius.
Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
by Paulus Pontius (Paulus Du Pont),
After the original Grisaille by Erasmus Quellinus (1607 - 78).
Portraits after Sir Anthony van Dyck.
line engraving, mid 17th century.
347 mm x 448 mm.
Rijksmuseum.
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Portraits of Van Dyck and Rubens previously attributed to Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1599-1675).
Oil on wood panel -
Size approx. 12 x 17 inches.
Theft Alert
Unfortunately, this painting was stolen while it was on loan for an exhibition at the
(old) Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne in 1979 and has not yet been recovered.
© Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth.
Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees.
I am extremely grateful to Diane Naylor, photo librarian at Chatsworth who provided me with this image. I would also like to thank Charles Noble, Curator of the Devonshire Collection for his communications and for facilitating my obtaining this image.
It should be noted that although attributed to van Diepenbeeck it is very obviously the original to the engraving illustrated above.
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Queen Christina of Sweden as Minerva.
Engraving mid 17th Century.
340 x 216 mm.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
After the original by Erasmus Quellinus.
Jeremias Falck (1619 - 77).
Now in the Musee de la Chartreuse, Douai. (below).
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Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689). As Minerva.
Grisaille, oil on board.
245 x 190 mm.
Monogramed EQ on the book beneath the owl.
Erasmus Quellinus.
Commissioned in 1649 by the Swedish Ambassador Le Blon.
The existence of this grisaille perhaps suggests that there was an original of the bust depicted. Possibly a lost work by his brother Artus Quellinus.
For the Images of Queen Christina see
The Dissertation of Nathan Allan Popp, University of Iowa.
He was not aware of the Grissaille above.
For an excellent and very in depth study of Erasmus Quellinus see
Erasme Quellin, dans le sillage de Rubens. Musee de Flandre, Exhibition Catalogue. 2014.
In it there is a very interesting chapter written by Alain Jacobs - La Sculture dans L'ouevre Peint d' Erasme Quellin.
For a good overview of the career and networks of Erasmus Quellinus see -
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