The Fig Rubens and his Wife (Héléne Fourment Broeckhoven)
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
After the painting by Rubens (Rooses, 846, 'Un Fauconnier Revenant de La Chasse (The Fig)'; Oakly Park, Shropshire, Viscount and Viscountess Windsor). Two figures on the left; a young woman, a portrait of Rubens' second wife, Héléne Fourment, wearing peasant dress with bare feet and blonde, curled hair held in a band, a straw hat hanging down her back. She holds a basket of fruit before her from which the falconer standing beside her takes a fig. The falconer, a portrait of Rubens himself as a younger man, carries a hooded falcon on his left arm and wears a hat with a plume. A dog reaching up to sniff the grapes from the basket to the left and another to the right, looking at the assortment of game hung from a tree branch to the right. More game, including a boar's head and a deer on the ground below.
Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich, 1872 (received 1873)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward
18th Century#
1793
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1793-03-25
Mezzotint with etching. Trimmed to the platemark. Published state. Artists' names engraved below the image to left: 'Painted by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.' and to right: 'Engrav'd by R.d Earlom.' The title in closed letters: 'THE FIG.' and in engraved italics: 'Engraved from a most Capital & Original Picture in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Thanet in Grosvenor Square.' Publication line below: 'Publish'd March 25. 1793. by J. & J Boydell Cheapside & at the Shakspeare [sic] Gallery Pall Mall London.' Dimensions of the picture engraved at lower left: 'Size of the Picture. 6f. 8i. by 7f. 4i. long.'
Accession number: P.15119-R
Primary reference Number: 240149
Wessely (Earlom): 48.III
Chaloner Smith: 37.III
Voorhelm Schneevoogt: 87 ('Rubens et sa femme revenant de la chasse')
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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