Peter Paul Rubens enjoyed a high reputation in Great Britain throughout the eighteenth century, and prints after his work were published in large numbers. McArdell's mezzotint of Rubens's own family was the first of two such prints published in London after the charming domestic subject; the other was by Charles Phillips. Rubens, his wife Helena, and one of their sons appear within an idealized version of the garden at his mansion in Antwerp.
| Artist |
James MacArdell
RKD
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Peter Paul Rubens
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Peter Paul Rubens with his Wife and Child |
| Date | ca. 1746 - 1765 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | London TGN |
| Medium and support | mezzotints (prints) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Sr Peter Paul Rubens pinxt |
| inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Js Mc Ardell fecit | |
| inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Rubens with his Wife and Child / From the Original in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
mezzotints (prints)
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-EI |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Vermeersch, Gustave Saint-Gilles (Brussels) 1911 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-EI |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/527/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G41
flowers
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 41D221(FLAT HEAD) head-gear (FLAT HEAD) Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(FRANS RUBENS) historical person (FRANS RUBENS) Iconclass 61B2(RUBENS, Peter Paul) historical person (RUBENS, Peter Paul) Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style |
English School
historicism (theory) AAT |
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