The Garden Of Love Rubens

Helena the woman deemed the most beautiful in antwerp is seen in the painting.

The garden of love rubens. From royal academy of arts peter paul rubens the garden of love c. Inventory number p001690 author rubens peter paul title the garden of love date 1630 1635 technique oil support canvas dimension height. Helena was termed the most beautiful woman in antwerp and is included in the painting itself. The work was first listed in 1666 when it was hung in the royal palace of madrid in the spanish king s bedroom.

1633 oil on canvas 199 286 cm. In early inventories the painting was called the garden party. The garden of love is a vibrant figurative painting from peter paul rubens completed around 1633 rubens dedicated this work to helena fourment his second wife as celebration of their marriage. Real alcázar pieza donde s.

Helena fourment was the second wife of rubens. This scene from a court feast takes place in a relaxed atmosphere in which a group of persons flirt in an idyllic garden. Provenance royal collection real alcázar madrid otra pieza donde murió su magd 1666 s n. The garden of love is a painting by rubens produced in around 1633 and now in the prado museum in madrid.

The garden of love is believed to be celebration of his marriage to rubens wife. She was the subject of a few portraits by rubens and modeled for other religious and mythological paintings. In the garden of love rubens celebrated his marriage to helena fourment his second wife.