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The Last Supper, 1620-21
Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish, 1577-1640
Oil on wood
17 1/4 x 17 3/8 in. (43.8 x 44.1 cm)
Samuel H. Kress Collection, 61.166

Provenance

before 1662  Simon de Vos, Antwerp
by 1662  Guilliam I Forchoudt, Antwerp
to 1747  Jacques de Roore, The Hague
1747 - 1771  Anthonis de Groot and Stephanus de Groot, The Hague
1771 - ?  Abelsz
to 1779  Jacques Clemens
to 1798  Supertini and Platina, Brussels
to 1814  Pauwels, Brussels
to 1822  Robert Saint-Victor, Paris
1822 - ?  Roux
to 1924  Marquise d'Aoust
1924  Galerie Georges Petit, Paris
to 1940  Francesco Gentili di Giuseppe
to 1940  Federico Gentili di Giuseppe
1940 - 1950  Mrs. A. Salem, Boston
1950 - 1954  Frederick Mont and Newhouse Galleries, New York
1954 - 1961  Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
accessioned 12/09/1961 Seattle Art Museum

  (Possibly owned by Simon de Vos and sold to Guilliam I Forchoudt, Antwerp, 16 June 1662); (Possibly owned by Victor Wolfvoet (1612-52), inventoried Antwerp 24-6 Oct 1652); Jacques de Roore, The Hague 1668-1747, sold with six other Rubens studies for the church ceiling, The Hague, 4 Sept. 1747 et seqq., no. 45; purchased by de Groot (Anthonis and Stephanus de Groot), 1747 until sold, The Hague, 20 Mar. 1771, lot 4; purchased by Abelsz, 1771; Jacques Clemens, until sold Ghent, 21 June 1779, lot 232; (possibly Barchmann Wuytiers, until sold Amsterdam, 19 Sept 1798, lot 150, as in European Painting and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1954, and Eisler, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Paintings Excluding Italian, 1977; or Supertini and Platina, Brussels, until 1798); Pauwels, Brussels, until sold in Brussels, 18 July [25 Aug] 1814, lot 108; Robert de Saint-Victor, Paris, until sold in Paris, 25 Nov 1822-7 Jan 1823, lot 29; purchased by Roux, 1822; Madame la Marquise d’Aoust , Paris, until sold at Galerie Georges Petit, 5 June 1924, lot 78; Francesco Gentili di Giuseppe, Paris, until 1940 (his death); to his daughter, Mrs. A. Salem, Boston, 1940-1950; Frederick Mont and Newhouse Galleries, Inc., New York, 1950-1954 (exhibited Olieverfschetsen van Rubens, Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1953-54, cat. no. 34, pl. 28); Samuel H. Kress collection, New York, acquired 1954 (exhibited Drawings and Oil Sketches by P.P. Rubens from American Collections, The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA / The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1956, cat. no. 32, pl. XXI; Exhibition of Art Treasures for America from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, 10 Dec 1961 – 4 Feb 1962, cat. no. 80); Seattle Art Museum, since 1954, accessioned 1961
 
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