Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and One of Their Children, Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

This magnificent portrait of rubens, his second wife, helena fourment, and one of their five children has usually been dated on stylistic grounds to the late 1630s. The child's blue sash, heavy shoes, and plain collar resemble adult male attire and suggest that he is either frans rubens, born in 1633, or, more likely, peter paul, born march 1, 1637. Object Type: painting. Genre: family portrait. Date: 1635. Dimensions: height: 203.8 cm (80.2 in) ; width: 158.1 cm (62.2 in). Medium: wood and oil. Depicted People: Peter Paul Rubens, Helena Fourment. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Peter Paul Rubens 300