[Ruben's 2.d Wife. From the Original at Houghton Hall, in the Collection of the Earl of Orford.]
[S.r Ant. Van Dyke pinxit. J.s M.cArdell fecit.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A full-length portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-73), the daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant in Antwerp, who married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630, aged sixteen. Dressed in a fine gown, she holds an ostrich feather.
Goodwin 120, i of v; CS 69, i of iii. With a collector's mark in the character of Jon's Heywood Hawkin (1800-80); as described in Lugt: 3022.
[Ref: 18195] £360.00
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A full-length portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-73), the daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant in Antwerp, who married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630, aged sixteen. Dressed in a fine gown, she holds an ostrich feather.
Goodwin 120, i of v; CS 69, i of iii. With a collector's mark in the character of Jon's Heywood Hawkin (1800-80); as described in Lugt: 3022.
[Ref: 18195] £360.00