Print

Physical description

Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens and his wife. Rubens is depicted as a falconer, attended by two dogs, standing in a landscape, with dead game heaped on the right; his wife, dressed as a peasant girl, stands beside him carrying a basket of fruit from which he selects a fig.

Place of Origin

London, England (printed)

Date

1792 (printed)

Artist/maker

Earlom, Richard, born 1743 - died 1822 (engraver)
Rubens, born 1577 - died 1640 (after, artist)

Materials and Techniques

Mezzotint

Marks and inscriptions

'P P Rubens pinxt. Rd Earlom sculpt. 1792.'

Dimensions

Height: 52.7 cm, Width: 61.6 cm

Descriptive line

Print, portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens with his wife Hélëne Fourment Broeckhoven, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Rubens, 1792.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
"EARLOM, Richard (1742/3-1822) […]

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) with his wife, Hélëne Fourment Broeckhoven (1614-1673). Self-portrait as a falconer attended by two dogs, standing in a landscape, with dead game heaped on the right; his wife, dressed as a peasant girl, stands beside him carrying a basket of fruit from which he selects a fig; the painting sometimes called 'The Fig'. (J.C.S.37, undescribed state between 1st and 2nd; W.48, undescribed state between 1st and 2nd)
Lettered P P Rubens pinxt. Rd Earlom sculpt. 1792.
Mezzotint. 52.7 x 61.6 cm. E.347-1959
Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood"
Wessely, Joseph Edward. Richard Earlom. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1886. 1 p.l., viii, 94 p.
Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.

Techniques

Mezzotint

Subjects depicted

Woman; Landscape; Girl; Dogs; Peasant; Wife; Fig; Game; Peter Paul Rubens; Hawker

Categories

Portraits; Prints

Collection code

PDP