Peter_Paul_Rubens_300.jpg
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Summary
Peter Paul Rubens
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Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and One of Their Children
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Title |
Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and One of Their Children
label QS:Les,"Rubens, su esposa Helena Fourment (1614–1673), y uno de sus hijos"
label QS:Lja,"ルーベンス、妻のヘレナ・フォーメント(1614–1673年)とその子供のひとり"
label QS:Lfr,"Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and One of Their Children"
label QS:Lit,"Rubens, la moglie Helena Fourment (1614-1673) e uno dei figli"
label QS:Lzh,"鲁本斯与妻子海伦娜·福尔曼(1614–1673年)及他们的一个孩子"
label QS:Lnl,"Familieportret van Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Hélène Fourment (1614-1673) en Peter Paul Rubens (1637-1684)"
label QS:Lko,"루벤스와 그의 아내 헬레나 푸르망(1614년 – 1673년)과 아들"
label QS:Lpt,"Rubens, sua esposa Helena Fourment (1614–1673) e um de seus filhos"
label QS:Len,"Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and One of Their Children"
label QS:Lar,"رسم ذاتي لروبنس وزوجته هيلين فورمان (1673-1614) وأحد أبنائهما"
label QS:Lru,"Рубенс, его жена Елена Фурмен (1614–1673 гг.) и один из их детей"
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Object type |
painting
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Genre |
family portrait
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Description |
This magnificent portrait of Rubens, his second wife, Helena Fourment, and one of their five children has usually been dated on stylistic grounds to the late 1630s. The child's blue sash, heavy shoes, and plain collar resemble adult male attire and suggest that he is either Frans Rubens, born in 1633, or, more likely, Peter Paul, born March 1, 1637.
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Date |
1635
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Medium |
wood
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oil
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Dimensions |
height: 203.8 cm (80.2 in)
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dimensions QS:P2048,+203.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+158.1U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Current location |
Gallery 629
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Object history | Rubens married Helena Fourment on December 6, 1630, when he was fifty-three and she was sixteen. Helena became the model and the inspiration for many paintings by Rubens dating from the 1630s, particularly those dealing with themes of ideal beauty or love. The present composition was considerably revised during execution to shift the emphasis from Rubens, as the dominant half of a courtly couple, to Helena, as ideal wife and mother. The parrot, long a symbol of the Virgin Mary, suggests ideal motherhood, while the fountain, caryatid, and garden setting imply fertility and recall Rubens's own garden in Antwerp, where he frequently escorted Helena. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibition history | The painting hung at Blenheim, the Churchill family seat, between its presentation to the first Duke of Marlborough by the city of Brussels in 1704 and its purchase by Baron Alphonse de Rothschild in 1884. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 437532) |
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