Keywords: Peter Paul Rubens - O Arquiduque Alberto VII da Áustria.jpg Attributed to Portrait of Albert VII Archduke of Austria O Arquiduque Alberto VII da Áustria - 1615 1632 Oil on canvas cm 200 118 Institution Museu de Arte de São Paulo Provenance Date unknown Duke of Ausola Madrid Date unknown Wildenstein art dealer New York By March 1958 acquired by the Museu de Arte de São Paulo São Paulo This painting is a derivative version of the portrait of Albert VII by Rubens currently housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien In the São Paulo version Albert VII is portrayed in full length probably due to the fact that the painting was intended to be sent to Spain where this typology derived from Titian was more common The traditional attribution to Rubens has been endorsed by Rooses 1891 Gluck 1940 and Burchard 1950 On the other hand Muller 1989 and Jaffé 1989 have rejected Rubens' authorship Vlieghe 1972 attributed it to Gaspar de Crayer The São Paulo Museum of Art attributes the painting both to Rubens and to his workshop based in the different levels of quality noticeable in the composition http //www masp art br/masp2010/acervo_detalheobra php id 170 Other versions <gallery> Peter Paul Rubens 096b jpg Version at Wien Peter_Paul_Rubens_096 jpg Version at Wien alternate Rubens - arquiduquealbertoVII01 jpg Version at London </gallery> PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1615-1632; Albert of Austria by Rubens Male portraits by Peter Paul Rubens Flemish paintings in the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Albert VII Archduke of Austria 17th-century oil portraits of standing men at full length 17th-century paintings in Brazil Baroque paintings in Brazil Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece in portrait paintings Male boots in portrait paintings Portrait paintings of men with hats Portrait paintings with Spanish composition Portraits holding sword Ruffs in art male 1630s portrait paintings |