Original hand-colored engraving with the portrait of Susanna Fourment known as Le chapeau de paille, after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Engraved by Charles W. Marr and published in London by George Virtue about 1835.
Original hand-colored engraving with the portrait of Susanna Fourment known as Le chapeau de paille, after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Engraved by Charles W. Marr and published in London by George Virtue about 1835.
It comes from Allan Cunningham's Cabinet Gallery of Pictures, a set of prints after paintings of the English and foreign schools. Susanna Fourment was the sister of Helena, whom Rubens married as his second wife, and sister-in-law of his first wife, Isabella Brant.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
Engraver: Charles W. Marr.
Date: About 1834-1836.
Source: Allan Cunningham, Cabinet Gallery of Pictures, published by George Virtue in London.
Dimensions: Image 5.6 x 3.9 in (14.2 x 10 cm); sheet 10.8 x 8.0 in (27.5 x 20.4 cm).
Condition: Good general condition; light damp staining scattered in the margins.