Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673), the Artist’s Second Wife, Peter Paul Rubens (after), c. 1650
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Identification
Title(s)
Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673), the Artist’s Second Wife
Object type
Object number
SK-C-295
Description
Portret van Helena Fourment (1614-1673), de tweede echtgenote van de schilder. Ten halven lijve, met een halsketting en een groot sieraad op de borst.
Creation
Artist
- painter: Peter Paul Rubens (after)
Dating
c. 1650
Material and Technique
Physical features
oil on panel
Material
Measurements
support: height 75 cm × width 55.6 cm
outer size: depth 12 cm (support incl. frame)
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Acquisition
loan 30-Jun-1885
Copyright
Provenance
…; purchased by Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Dutartre (1714-1804), Paris (‘Le troisième [painting by Rubens] représente une des femmes de Rubens, peinte par lui’), between 1770-80{B.B. Fredericksen and B. Peronnet (eds.), _Repertoire des tableaux vendus en France au XIXe siècle_, I (1801-10), pt. 1 (A-N), pt. 2 (O-Z et Anonymes), Los Angeles 1998-, pt. 1, p. 25, under no. 72.} or by 1787;{L.-V. Thiéry, _Guide des amateurs et des étrangers voyageurs à Paris_, 2 vols., Paris 1787, I, pp. 584-85.} his sale, Paris (A. Paillet), 19 March 1804, no. 18 (‘Rubens. Le Portrait d’une des plus belles Femmes de ce grand Coloriste, représentée de face à mi-corps, dans le plus riche Costume de Cour. Elle est coiffée d’une large chevelure simplement ornée d’une branche d’oranger qui laisse voir encore un petit ornement de pierreries. A ses oreilles sont des Pendeloques de perles, et son cou est paré d’un Collier dont l’orient produit la plus grande illusion, en se détachant avec art sur la plus brillante carnation. […] (Supp: sur bois _Dim._ haut de 27, large de 20 [approx. 73 x 54 cm])’), frs. 8,600, to the dealer Maurice for Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840);{B.B. Fredericksen and B. Peronnet (eds.), _Repertoire des tableaux vendus en France au XIXe siècle_, I (1801-10), pt. 1 (A-N), pt. 2 (O-Z et Anonymes), Los Angeles 1998-, pt. 1, pp. 25-26, under no. 72, and pt. 2, pp. 947-48 under 1804/03/19/0018.} transferred from Paris, following the exile of Lucien Bonaparte, to Rome, Palazzo Lancellotti, Primo Salone, no. 2 (‘Ritratto di Donna del Rubens’), in 1804;{List of 13 June 1804 by Domenico Conti Bazzani in M. Natoli (ed.), _Luciano Bonaparte: Le sue collezione d’arte, le sue residenze a Roma, nel Lazio, in Italia (1804-1840)_, Rome 1995, app. 1, p. 40.} transferred to Palazzo Nuñez, Room 7, no. 72, 1806-10, 1811-22;{G.A. Guattani, _Galleria del Senatore Luciano Bonaparte_, 2 vols., Rome 1808, II, p. 3.} transferred via Bologna to Paris, 1826;{Application of 17 October 1823 to export ‘Rubens: Ritratto della sua moglie’ to Bologna, see M. Natoli (ed.), _Luciano Bonaparte: Le sue collezione d’arte, le sue residenze a Roma, nel Lazio, in Italia (1804-1840)_, Rome 1995, app. 4, p. 45. License granted to export (from the Papal States) ‘Il Ritratto della moglie di Rubens’, for the purpose of sale, 12 January 1826, see Natoli 1995, app. 5, pp. 46-47.} from Lucien Bonaparte, frs. 20,000 or £ 800, perhaps with SK-C-284, to the dealer Armand-Jacques Fossard, Paris, 1826;{B.B. Fredericksen and B. Peronnet (eds.), _Repertoire des tableaux vendus en France au XIXe siècle_, I (1801-10), pt. 1 (A-N), pt. 2 (O-Z et Anonymes), Los Angeles 1998-, pt. 2, p. 1407. J. Smith, _A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters_, 9 vols., London 1929-42, II, no. 800 and idem, IX, no. 269.} from whom, frs. 1,300 or £ 520, to the dealer John Smith, London, July 1830;{Smith, in a handwritten entry for no. 200, pp. 225-26 (his interleaved, working copy of his printed catalogue of 1830 is in the National Gallery library), stated: ‘The portrait of this handsome & favorite [_sic_] wife of Rubens occurs so frequently among that artist’s works (historical as well as portraiture) that there can be no question of the high opinion he entertained of her beauty […] The Picture […] is a glorious example of genius, influenced by the ardour of Love. A most seductive & fascinating expression animates the countenance, which is enhanced by the most dazzling fairness of complexion & the rosy blush of health. These are accomplished by a rich and juicy empasto [_sic_] of colour, wrought with inimitable care and attention to detail & set of [_sic_] to superlative advantage by the surrounding parts, which are rendered most skilfully, subordinate to that object & are painted with an assumed negligence for that purpose & dextrous freedom of hand.’} from whom, with SK-C-284, £ 800, to Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam, July 1833;{Smith & Successors, _Stock Book, 1822-1850_, p. 35; Day Book, II, p. 396: ‘A magnificent Portrait of Helena Fourment by Rubens … from Colln of Lucien Bonaparte in a 7½ in. [19 cm] richly carved gilt frame-800’, Ledger, National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1829-1866, p. 46. Van der Hoop _Lijst_, p. 5, no. 66: ‘Portret van Helena Forman, tweede vrouw van P.P. Rubens, door hem geschilderd […] fl. 8600’.} by whom bequeathed to the City of Amsterdam with 223 other paintings, 1854;{Van der Hoop _Taxatie_ 1854, p. 3, no. 66: ‘P.P. Rubbens, portret van Helena Forment, fl. 6000’.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam to the museum, since 30 June 1885{Provenance also reconstructed in A. Pollmer-Schmidt, ‘Catalogus van de schilderijen in de verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop’, in E. Bergvelt et al. (eds.), _De Hollandse meesters van een Amsterdamse bankier. De verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854)_, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Amsterdams Historisch Museum/Rijksmuseum) 2004-05, pp. 135-195, esp. p. 171, no. 148.}
Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)
Relations
Documentation
- De oude Meesters van de stad Amsterdam : schilderijen tot 1800, p. 243
- De Hollandse meesters van een Amsterdamse bankier : de verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), p. 67, pl. 4, cat.nr. 148
- Vlaamse meesters : Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens en tijdgenoten, Nico Van Hout, p. 18
- All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 81
- Rubens, Katriina Salmela-Hasan, cat.nr. 15
- Oeuvres complètes, Eugène Fromentin, Guy Sagnes, p. 1167
- Rubens portraits, Hans Vlieghe, Frances Huemer, dl. 2, p. 90-91, cat.nr. 96b
- All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 484
- Catalogue of the paintings [of the] Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Johanna Laetitia Cleveringa, Bob Haak, Yda D. Ovink, Arthur François Emile van Schendel, cat.nr. 2067
- Catalogus der schilderijen, pastels, miniaturen, aquarellen tentoongesteld in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam [1934], cat.nr. 2067
- Catalogus der Rubens-tentoonstelling ten bate van de Vereeniging "Rembrandt", Jacques Goudstikker, Ludwig Burchard, Frederik Schmidt-Degener, Iohannes Quirijn van Regteren Altena, cat.nr. 52
- Gesammelte Aufsätze, Ludwig Burchard, Robert Eigenberger, Gustav Glück, dl. 1, p. 120, 133
- Catalogus der schilderijen, miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-Museum te Amsterdam [1903] [1], cat.nr. 2067
- Die Meisterwerke des Rijksmuseum zu Amsterdam, p. 193
- Catalogus van het Rijks-Museum van schilderijen te Amsterdam [1887], cat.nr. 1223
- L'oeuvre de P.P. Rubens : histoire et description de ses tableaux et dessins, dl. 4, p. 164, cat.nr. 941
- Beschrijving der schilderijen in het Museum van der Hoop [1881], Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, Adriaen van der Hoop, 209
- Beschrijving der schilderijen in het Museum van der Hoop [1876], Johan Wilhelm Kaiser, cat.nr. 93
- A pocket guide to the public and private galleries of Holland and Belgium, Ronald Gower (Lord), p. 115
- Nederlands schilderkunst van de 14e tot de 18e eeuw, voor het Nederlandsche volk geschetst : met ruim 50 houtsneden en een portret van Rembrandt op staal geetst door J.W. Kaiser, Johannes van Vloten, J. Gauchard, E. Vermorcken, p. 115
- Beschrijving der schilderijen in het Museum van der Hoop [1865], Johan Wilhelm Kaiser, cat.nr. 93
- Musées de la Hollande, William Bürger, dl. 2, p. 155
- Le trésor de la curiosité, tiré des catalogues de vente de tableaux, dessins, estampes, livres, marbres, bronzes, ivories, terres cuites, vitraux, médailles, armes, porcelaines, meubles, émaux, lacques et autres objets d'art : avec diverses notes et notices historiques et biographiques, Charles Blanc, Adolphe Thibaudeau, dl. 2, p. 225
- Catalogus der schilderijen van het Museum Van der Hoop te Amsterdam, cat.nr. 99
- Catalogue des tableaux du Musée Van der Hoop à Amsterdam, Adriaen van der Hoop, cat.nr. 99
- A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French painters : in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England : a reference to the galleries and private collections, in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added a brief notice of the scholars and imitators of the great masters of the above schools, dl. 2, p. 225; dl. 9, p. 317-318
- Rubens privé : de meester portretteert zijn familie, Ben Van Beneden, Nils Büttner, Nora De Poorter, Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Johan Verberckmoes, Hans Vlieghe, Bert Watteeuw, p. 204-207, cat. 28
- L. van Puyvelde, 'Les portraits des femmes de Rubens', La Revue de l'Art : Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne 71 (1937), p. 14.
- Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 3 (1977) nr. 7.