WORKSHOP OF PIERRE PAUL RUBENS (Siegen, 1577... Lot 11

WORKSHOP OF PIERRE PAUL RUBENS (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640) Allegory with Saint George and the dragon in a landscape Canvas. Height 168 cm, width 248 cm. (Old restorations). Certificate of free circulation. Provenance, by Élisabeth Royer: - Collection Aguado, marquis de Las Marismas - Hôtel Aguado, Paris, 6, rue Grange-Batelière, Sale after death of the Aguado collection, in his hotel, from 20 to 28 March 1843, by Bonnefons de Lavialle and Benou, auctioneers, lot n°375, as "Gozon, conqueror of the dragon of the Isle of Rhodes" (168 x 235 cm), adjudged 1.520 francs - GAP - Offered in homage to Germain Sée (1818-1896), doctor of Emperor Napoleon III, of Sultan Murad in Constantinople and of Victor Hugo, 45 bd Malesherbes, Paris - By family descent, Pierre Sée collection (1880-1937), 8, bd Emile Augier, Paris, - Spoliated on May 8, 1944 to Mrs. Pierre Sée, née Hélène Cécile Alexine Anspach (1887-1976) - Seized by the Möbel-Aktion, under the n° MA-B 1304 Entered the Jeu de Paume in May 1944, Kiste Nr. MA-B 92 (given the size of the canvas, the case of the Saint-Georges, "Kiste Nr. MA-B 92" probably contained this work alone, entered the Jeu de Paume between April and May 1944). - Transferred to Nikolsburg (room 56) - Transferred to Kogl (no. 635) and photographed on February 19, 1945 - Entered into the Munich CCP under no. 22303 under the title "King Charles 1st, St. Georg and St. Agnes in landscape" (x 169). - Restituted on 23 May 1950 to Madame Pierre Sée, domiciled with her brother Robert Anspach (1893-1971) 3, bd Emile Augier, Paris, - Collection Maurice Jose Y Vieira, 3, bd Emile Augier Paris 16e, then 12 place Vendôme, Paris Ier. - Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 April 1951, "Old and modern paintings", Me Maurice Rheims auctioneer, M. Haro expert, lot n°55 titled "La Présentation" (169 x 249 cm) - Mrs Adèle Reyman, Hungarian refugee, acquired at the previous sale for 21.000 frs - Stolen from Adèle Reyman who lodged a complaint in November 1967 - The painting reappeared in February 1968 (Le Figaro of 1 February 1968, "Un Rubens inconnu découvert à Paris"; Hans Wendland consulted in 1968 on the authentication of the painting) - Hôtel Meurice, expert Alexandre Ananoff, Paris, 1 December 1976, lot titled "Saint Georges" and sold for 240,000 frs (Louvre archives) - Galerie Alexander, c. 1980 - Private collection, acquired from the previous owner, - By descent, Philippe Méaille An allegory of Saint George and the dragon by the workshop of Peter-Paul Rubens. Oil on canvas. Bibliography: Wolfgang Adler, Corpus Rubenianium Ludgwig Burchard Part XVIII, Landscapes and hunting scenes, Oxford University Press, New York, 1982. The painting is referenced on p.119, n°35. Extension: presentation text by Aymeric Rouillac, "Offered by Napoleon III, stolen by the Nazis, the "English Rubens" escapes the Red Army's fire" to be consulted on www.rouillac.com.