Portrait of Frans Francken the Elder (1542-1616), Peter Paul Rubens;  succession
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Portrait of Frans Francken the Elder (1542-1616)
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Peter Paul Rubens: Porträt von Frans Francken I., ca. 1615, Öl auf Holz, 47 x 61 cm, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, Inv. Nr. 833.1.1

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Werkstatt von Peter Paul Rubens: Porträt von Frans Francken I., Öl auf Holz, 64,1 x 48,6 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. Nr. 32.100.37

Anonym, Porträt von Frans Francken I., Holz, 58,5 x 42,7 cm, Aufbewahrungsort unbekannt

Anonym, Porträt von Frans Francken I., Holz, 53,5 x 42 cm, Aufbewahrungsort unbekannt

Anonym, Porträt von Frans Francken I., 65 x 49 cm, 1982 Privatsammlung, Ommel/Niederlande

Anonym, Porträt von Frans Francken I., ca. 1620, Öl auf Holz, 56 x 45 cm, Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen, Inv. Nr. KMSsp 199

Anonym, Porträt von Frans Francken I., Holz, 65 x 49 cm, 1995, Den Haag, Galerie Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder

different version

Cornelis de Vos, Porträt von Frans Francken I., Holz 104,5 x 84,5 cm, Aufbewahrungsort unbekannt

bears relation to

Cornelis de Vos, Porträt von Frans Francken I., Technik und Maße unbekannt

Peter Paul Rubens succession

Portrait of Frans Francken the Elder (1542-1616), ca. 1640 – 1700


Gesamtmaß
60.8 x 48.6 x 0.8 cm
Physical Description
Oil on oak wood, thinned and cradled
Inventory Number
SG 513
Acquisition
Acquired in 1934 by bequest from Hugo Kessler
Status
On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 20

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The portrait of the Antwerp history painter Frans Francken had already been copied several times in the Rubens workshop and continued to inspire later generations of artists to do the same. However, in its execution, the 17th-century copy seems unfinished. The rendering of the face is less vivid and forceful than in the original. From 1817 to 1933, the Städel Museum owned another version of the portrait, which must have served Victor Müller as the starting point for his copy made at the affiliated Städelschule. Copying paintings after Old Masters was an important part of the education at art academies of the time: it trained aesthetic perception and familiarized the student with the basics of technique.

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06.11.2024