Van der Doort c.1639

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, in a black hat and a cloak, golden chain, his own picture done by himself, life-size, head-and-shoulder

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 37, № 2
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
2ft 9in x 2ft (83.8 x 61cm)
Light: 
light from the left
Frame: 
black ebony frame
Provenance: 
Lord Denbigh
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
gift
Location: 
Room description extended: 
Between the King's Withdrawing Room, also called the Breakfast Chamber, and the Long Gallery
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 50
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, № 268, 84 x 61
Project notes: 
when Prince of Wales
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

(By himself [Rubens])