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Important rare antique oil painting on canvas high period full seventeenth century XVII century. Large in size and historical significance. Canvas size 118 x 85 with frame 135 x 103. Non coeval frame.

The original is an important painting by Rubens "The Tribute Coin, 1612, at the San Francisco Museum. As is well known, Rubens was not only a skilled painter but he knew how to manage his business so much that he created a workshop with a productivity rate comparable to a real company. This often led to the production of copies of his works at the request of his customers who perhaps were fascinated by one of his paintings or requested copies in different formats to be exhibited in several homes. Certainly this consideration cannot attribute the painted by Rubens but as clearly visible from the images on the front and from some small drops of color, the canvas can be perfectly placed in the middle of the seventeenth century of great pictorial quality and certainly to be attributed to an important client and to the circle of his followers.
Pictorial quality of the highest level, work of high age and important historical character.

ICONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

The painter represents "the tribute of Caesar" a story of which there are more or less similar versions in different Gospels (Luke, Matthew, Thomas etc ...). Ex. From the Gospel according to Matthew:
At that time, the Pharisees left and held council to see how to catch Jesus in his speeches.

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, to tell him: «Master, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God according to truth. You are not in awe of anyone, because you do not look anyone in the face. So, tell us your opinion: is it lawful, or not, to pay the tax to Caesar? ».

But Jesus, knowing their malice, replied: «You hypocrites, why do you want to test me? Show me the coin of the tax ». And they presented him a denarius. He asked them, "Whose image and inscription are they?" They answered him, "Caesar's."

Then he said to them, "Pay back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."

STATE OF PRESERVATION

The canvas has undergone a lining even if the original canvas is clearly visible on the front where there are some drops of color. In this phase of restoration, the frame was also replaced with an early twentieth century manufacturing frame that allows the sides to re-tension the canvas in case of need. The general state of conservation is good, there are only a few small drops of color, the most extensive in conjunction with the beard of Jesus. These falls in color do not compromise any important parts of the painting. Non coeval frame.