ANTWERP, Belgium — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist ...
Peter Paul Rubens, “Tiger, Lion and Leopard Hunt” (1616), oil on canvas, 256 x 324.5 cm, Rennes, Musée des Beaux Arts (all images courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, photo courtesy MBA, Rennes, Dist.
A long-lost painting of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion by Flemish Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens fetched $2.7 million at auction Sunday in Versailles. “Christ on the Cross,” painted around 1613, was ...