Object number1988.23

Adoration of the Magi

DateNd

after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsUnframed: 47 x 61 1/2 in. (119.38 x 156.21 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley Lewis Oakes Butler, class of 1951, in memory of her father, Sir Harry Oakes, Bart.

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

Painting

Provenance(L. Gow, Esq. D.L., L.L.D. Sale, Christie’s, London May 28, 1937, lot no. III). Sir Harry Oakes, Bt. [d. 1943]. By inheritance to Shirley Oakes Butler (?); bequested 1987 to Mrs. Robert Leigh-Wood (Patricia Oakes VC ‘73) and Mrs. Harry W. Havemeyer (Eugenie Aiguier VC ‘51) from the estate of Shirley Oakes Butler; given 1988 to VC Art Gallery in the name of Shirley Oakes Butler in memory of her father Sir Harry Oakes, Bt.

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