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RUBENS Peter Paul" (1577-1640) --FLAMENCO-- . "The Adoration of the Magicians in the Vestibule". Tempera on vellum. Sheet size 30 x 22 cm. Old frame 44 x 35 cm. Without signature. Documentation: * It could be a sketch of the tríptico "Adoration of the Magicians" of Peter Paul RUBENS made between 1617 and 1619 for the Chiessa of San Giovammi of Malines(present Belgium). Catalogue 482-A. * Another opinion, would be the one of being one re-creation base to an engraving (XVIIth century or pp. XVIIIth century), since the image is the inverse one of the one of the triptych. probably made by a flamenco painter, who painted without seeing the original work, making some precious complements as the brocade of the layer of the king