1792 (printed)
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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.
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Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, portrait of Sir Peter Paul Rubens with his wife Hélëne Fourment Broeckhoven, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Rubens, 1792. |
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. |
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Copy number | 1st/2nd state |
Marks and inscriptions | 'P P Rubens pinxt. Rd Earlom sculpt. 1792.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood |
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Accession number | E.347-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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